2024-07-04 07:51:55
London: Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal’s campaign at the Wimbledon Tennis Grand Slam ended after his Serbian partner Dusan Lajovic were knocked out in straight sets in the first round of the men’s doubles event here on Wednesday. The pair of Nagal and Lajovic lost 2-6, 2-6 to the Spanish pair of Jaume Munar and Pedro Martinez in a match that lasted one hour and seven minutes. India’s top ranked player Nagal lost in the first round of men’s singles on Monday. In the boys’ category, former Wimbledon doubles champion Nagal lost to Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 2-6 6-3 3-6 4-6 in a match that lasted two hours and 48 minutes. Later in the day, the second seeded pair of India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden will face the pair of Sander Arends and Robin Haase of the Netherlands.
Coco Gauff in third round, Alcaraz also advances
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s category and second seed Coco Gauff in the women’s category entered the next round by winning in straight sets here on Wednesday. US Open champion Gauff defeated Venus Williams here at the age of 15 in her debut at the All England Club in 2019. She defeated Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2, 6-1 on Court 1 on Wednesday. 19-year-old Todoni was making her Grand Slam debut.
Five years ago, Gauff defeated five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 in the first round to reach the last 16. She has reached the last 16 in each of her Grand Slam debuts. Gauff said on court, “This is the same court where I started my first Wimbledon. Court 1 will always be special to me.” Alcaraz was at one point trailing 6-5 in the first set, but then he made a brilliant comeback and defeated Aleksandar Vukic 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2. In the next round, he will face 29th seed Frances Tiafoe, who defeated Borna Coric of America 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-3.