2023-07-03 20:20:49
By Le Figaro, with AFP
Posted 24 minutes ago
Wimbledon is already over for the Habs Lokoli. HANNAH MCKAY / REUTERS
There was no miracle for the 199th player in the world, dismissed on Monday in the first round of Wimbledon by number 4 at ATP.
Faced with world number 4, Casper Ruud, Laurent Lokoli, 199th at the ATP and passed through the qualifications, was not unworthy. After a nightmarish start to the first set, where he trailed 5-0 and 0-15 on his serve, he threw his arms up in the air when he finally managed to score his first game that seemed to set him free, despite losing the inning 6-1. In the second set, taking advantage of the relative discomfort of his opponent on this surface, he kept his commitment and even managed to break when he was leading 6-5 to return to one set everywhere (7-5).
When Ruud took his serve to lead 2-1 in the third set, he unbroken, but the Norwegian made his trade speak to regain the ascendancy in the seventh game and come back in the lead (6-4) before controlling the fourth and last set (6-3).
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