2023-07-04 17:27:31
Roger Federer was not the only Alex Reed on this first Wimbledon Tuesday. The rain disrupted the smooth running of the tournament and might force the 6 Swiss players still in contention to chain the matches.
Céline Naef (WTA 165) was the only Swiss Tennis representative to have played for points. Opposed by Russian Anastasia Potapova, seeded No. 22 in the draw, she was stopped by rain as she led 3-3 40-30 in the second set following losing the first 6-3. The 18-year-old Schwyzoise had time to demonstrate all her talent. She can believe that she still has a chance in this first round, which is the first match of her career in a Grand Slam tournament.
Marc Andrea Hüsler, Dominic Stricker and Viktorija Golubic, also scheduled for Tuesday, stayed in the locker room all day. If they win on Wednesday, they will play their second round on Thursday. Belinda Bencic will also have to play two days in a row if she wins her second round on Thursday once morest the winner of the meeting in the American Danielle Collins and Julia Grabher.
Two-speed tournament
Stan Wawrinka, meanwhile, still hoped to follow a ‘normal’ program if the match between the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles and the Argentinian Tomas Etcheverry might still be concluded on Tuesday. The Vaudois is called, if he wins his second round, to challenge the quadruple defending champion Novak Djokovic on Friday in the round of 16.
As in Melbourne and New York, the arrival of rain leads to a two-speed tournament. After Nova Djokovic and Iga Swiatek on Monday, Carlos Alcaraz, Andy Murray, Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur passed between the drops. Only Elena Rybakina experienced a small alert with the loss of the first set once morest the American Shelby Rogers (WTA 49). But the Kazakh had to quickly reverse the situation to win 4-4 6-1 6-2. Roger Federer, who followed the meeting from the first to the last point, will therefore not have attended the first defeat at Wimbledon of the defending champion in the first round since that conceded by Steffi Graf once morest the American Lori McNeil in 1994.
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