Carlos Alcaraz defeated Fabio Fognini in five sets in the first round of Wimbledon. (AP) On the hottest day in Wimbledon’s history, the defending Carlos Alcaraz champion survived a big frightened in the hands of 38 -year -old Fabia Fognini. It was also the day when British players created many seeds and history.Temperatures in the All England Club reached 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 Fahrenheit), which broke the previous record of 29.3 Celsius set in 2001.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!In the middle of such conditions, the Spanish Alcaraz had to dig deep for 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 victories over Italy retired to retire in an exhausting clash, which lasted four hours and 37 minutes at the Central Court.It was the first time Roger Federer was just defeating Alejandro Falla in 2010 that the defending champion was transported to the fifth set in Wimbledon in the first round.
During the match, 22 -year -old Alcaraz threw himself to help the viewer who collapsed in the stalls and handed over the bottle of water when the doctors came to female help.At the end of the match Alcaraz pointed to Fognini in the evaluation of Italian efforts. Fognini later revealed his son Federica, a fan of Alcaz, was forbidden to talk to the five -time main champion – so the young man remained angry. To equalize it, Fognini asked Alcaraza for a shirt after the match as a gift for his son.Sabalenek progresses after a blownThe highest female seed Aryna Sabalenka used ice packages to stay cool during her 6-1, 7-5 victories over the Canadian qualifying Carson Branstine on Court One.The 27 -year -old Belarusian, triple Grand Slam champion experienced this year’s Australian Open and the French Open Finals hard defeat.Despite her success, she never advocated for the Wimbledon semifinals and missed the tournament last year due to the shoulder injury.“I felt really great. I am very grateful for being healthy, ready to compete and that I got into the first round,” Sabalenka said. Then Czech players will face Marie Bouzek, ranked 48 in the world.As for Branstine, a professional model that finances its tennis by posing for the camera, it was also a busy day in the sun. She needed six hair tie, hair hair hair, and it wasn’t enough. Even the absence of scrunchy did not help.Mercury rises, seeds fall
Ons Jabeur gains medical assistance during her match against Varvar Grachev on the first round of Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. (AP)
The double finalist of Wimbledon Ons Jabeur was visibly upset and tears ran down her face as she withdrew from the first round against Victoriya Tomor.The Tunisian player was for 7-6 (7/5), 2-0 when she decided to step against Bulgarian, which is on 111.Meanwhile, in the last two years, Daniil Medvedev, a former US Open champion and a semifinalist in Wimbledon, experienced Benjamin Bonzi during his match against France.Bonzi won 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 after three hours and seven minutes. At the end of the match, the angry Medvedev broke his rocket against the chair.In other results, Holger Rune lost after he had two-set lead and fell to Chile Nicolas Jarry. Former finalist Matteo Berrettini was also discarded and Stefanos Titsipas retired for injury.In addition, former French Open champion Ostapenko defeated the British Sonay Cart in three sets, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.A total of 10 seeds fell on the opening day – seven between men (Medvedev, Rune, Berrettini, Titsipas, Tallon Griekspoor, Alexei Poporin, Francisco Cerundolo) and three among women (Paula Badosa, Ostapenko, McCartney Kessler)History for British tennisFor British tennis it was already a record Wimbledon before the gates opened to SW19. Twenty -three British players entered the drawing draw – the highest since 1984. And not since 1976, on 1 Wimbledon, 14 British were in action.By the time he closed the first day, well semi -Kluded because of a ban on 11:00, seven (Emma Raducan, Katie Boulter, Sonay Kartal, Cameron Norrie, Billy Harris, Arthur Fery and Oliver Tarvet) advanced to the second round – most on a single day in the open time. The list includes Tarvet and Fery, in the world 733 and 461 in the world. 21 -year -old Tarvet for his first victory of bands £ 99,000, except that he cannot earn more than 7,290 GBP per year due to financial rules.“But I’m not for money,” he said after joking to hire a private aircraft to fly to the US, where he is a university student. “I’m just here for the experience and walked out my brand on the circuit, etc. and I think I have done a good job so far.”Fritz angry prohibition of walking
Taylor Fritz’s match against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was suspended in Wimbledon, London. (AP)
American No. 1 Taylor Fritz expressed frustration and said, “I couldn’t do anything,” after Monday evening he made a dramatic comeback in court No. 1.In his first round against Giovanni Mpetshim Perricard led Fritz at points and after two sets he made fewer mistakes. However, two sets were found and lost two Tiebreaks with a Frenchman who has one of the largest serving in sports – Hrráč than Fritz.Despite the chance of Fritz, he fought back to win two more sets, including a dramatic fourth set. The table with 5-1 and two points from the defeat and gathered to win. He was pleased to get his chest toward the box and shouted, “Let’s go F -Ing,” and sat down and sat down on the dynamics of what he believed would be the winning Finis. Or he thought.After a lengthy discussion with the tournament official, however, the game was stopped because of Wimbledon’s prohibition, set at 23:00 local time – although it was only 22:18 when the match was suspended. “Then ask me,” Fritz said when he packed the missiles and sat on a chair and said his box that “could not do anything.”Club All England confirmed that the match was suspended due to a ban on the rising, which was 42 minutes at the time. It is remarkable that the previous four sets between Fritz and Perricard lasted 44, 48, 33 and 45 minutes, which means that only one of these sets could be completed at the remaining time.
