Wawrinka meets Djokovic and Medvedev remains on hold

2023-07-07 18:40:05

Already in the last stretch of his career, at the age of 38, Stanislas Wawrinka is enjoying his latest participation in Grand Slams. On this occasion, he was placed in the third round of Wimbledon, nothing more and nothing less.

Stan managed to beat Tomás Martín Etcheverry in the second roundrecent quarterfinalist in Roland Garros. The Swiss prevailed in four sets by 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-2, to advance to the Round of 32.

Wawrinka’s opponent will be nothing more and nothing less than Novak Djokovicwith whom he shares a history of 26 games, in which the Serbian won 20. This is a duel with a lot of recent history, which promises to revive great moments in sport.

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The duel is set for this Friday at the center court, that is to say, the Swiss will arrive with less rest, considering Nole played on Wednesday.

Medvedev’s incomplete party

the russian Daniil Medvedev he failed to finish his task against the Frenchman Adrian Mannarinoin the second round of Wimbledon. The game on Court 2 had to be suspended due to a lack of light.

In the first set, as in the second, Daniil left no doubt in his superiority over the Frenchman, however, in the third round the duel became more even in the process. The match was interrupted when he found himself with a score of 6-3, 6-3 and 4-4 in favor of the 2021 US Open champion.

The last finalist of Roland Garros, Casper Ruud, he had to bite the dust of the defeat at Wimbledon, very early.

The one who dispatched the Norwegian was local Liam Broady in five sleeves, by partials of 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, and 6-0. The British will now have the Canadian as a rival Denis Shapovalov, semifinalist in 2021.

In Ruud’s case, not much was expected of him on grassconsidering that it is not his favorite surface and he did not even play previous tournaments, after his defeat in the final of the French Open.