“I take it as a regular first round, which there’s always pressure there, in my opinion.”īarty, motivated by this being the 50th anniversary of her fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first title, plays Russian Anna Blinkova.īlinkova like Barty was a talented junior reaching the 2015 girls final at Wimbledon - Barty was junior champion in 2011. “If you see what happened to him (Mannarino fell and you know how difficult and complicated it can be to move sometimes. “I think it’s more just about first-round tennis, especially here at Wimbledon,” he said. They were tied at two sets all when the Frenchman had to retire with a knee injury suffered in a fall towards the end of the fourth set.įederer who arrived on the back of a surprise second round exit at the tournament he has made his own Halle, which he has won 10 times, put a rusty performance down to it being the first round. The 39-year-old had enough problems against another experienced Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the first round.
Gasquet, 35, is not the force of old though his strokeplay can be blissful but Federer too has looked shaky since returning after two knee operations in the past year. Sandwiched in between their two matches is Coco Gauff’s first appearance on Centre Court since aged 15 when she won the hearts and minds of the spectators in 2019.Įight-time champion Federer will play a familiar face, fellow veteran Frenchman Richard Gasquet who the Swiss legend beat in the 2007 semi-finals. Good run for him but it's enough, he needs to go now (chuckles)."Ĭentre Court are treated to fine displays from both players as beats Richard Gasquet 7-6(1), 6-1, 6-4 #Wimbledon /EeQQVDjuOq- Wimbledon July 1, 2021 Cam is a great guy, it's going to be a great match. It's because of the last 20 years and the matches I have played here. "I hope the crowd is going to get into it - be it for him or me. It's been a difficult year and a half in many ways but for me, with two surgeries, it's great. "It's not the most important to feel your best in the first and second round. I got on a roll after a point and it's nice," Federer says in the on-court interview. He says the atmosphere at the Centre Court was even better than his game. Roger Federer put up a show on the Centre Court to outclass Richard Gasquet in an hour and 51 minutes. However, Bopanna and Sania will play together in the mixed doubles.Īnkita Raina bowed out in the first round at her debut Wimbledon after she and her women’s doubles partner Lauren David lost 3-6, 2-6 to 14th seeds Asia Muhammad-Jessica Pegula. While Sania got a win in her first Wimbledon match, Rohan Bopanna-Divij Sharan bowed out of the tournament after losing their opening round men’s doubles match to the 13th seeds. Sania Mirza-Bethanie Mattek-Sands advanced to the women’s doubles second round with a straight sets win. Alexander Zverev produced a solid performance to beat Tennys Sandgren in straight sets in his second round match. Third seed Elina Svitolina was knocked out in the second round. Ash Barty beat Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the third round. Second seed Daniil Medvedev eased past Carlos Alcaraz into the third round. Coco Gauff beat Elena Vesnina comfortably to advance to the third round. Nick Kyrgios also advanced to the third round with a 7-6(7), 6-4, 6-4 win over Italian Gianluca Mager. Wimbledon Tennis 2021 Day 4 Highlights: Roger Federer outclassed Richard Gasquet 7-6(1), 6-1, 6-4 to make the third round.
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