Djokovic and Swiatek in second round of Wimbledon
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The record is in the name of Federer who has become its champion eight times. Rain played spoilsport in women’s singles top seed Inga Swiatek’s match. She defeated Zhu Lin of China in a one-sided match in the first round.
Wimbledon. Second seed Novak Djokovic took a strong step towards equaling Roger Federer’s record for most Wimbledon titles won in men’s singles by defeating Argentina’s Pedro Cachin in his opening round match on Monday. Serbia’s Djokovic won the rain-affected match 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 in two hours and 12 minutes. Djokovic, who has won a record 23 Grand Slam titles, has won the Wimbledon men’s singles title seven times. The record is in the name of Federer who has become its champion eight times. Rain played spoilsport in women’s singles top seed Inga Swiatek’s match. She defeated Zhu Lin of China in a one-sided match in the first round.
Swiatek, who has won four Grand Slams so far, took a step towards winning his first title at Wimbledon by defeating Lin 6-1, 6-3. The defending French Open champion said she arrived on the grass court better prepared this time. Swiatek has so far not progressed beyond the fourth round at Wimbledon. Barbora Strycova, a semi-finalist in 2019, became the first player to win in the opening round this year. She defeated Marina Janevska 6-1, 7-5. In a two-player American match, fourth seed Jessica Pegula defeated Lauryn Davis 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 in a match that lasted two hours and 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, players from Russia and Belarus also returned to Wimbledon, but there is no flag next to the names of these players. Last year, players from these countries did not get a chance to participate in the tournament due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is challenging in this tournament after two years. The two-time Grand Slam champion defeated China’s Yuan Yui 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in a match that lasted more than two and a half hours. Russia’s 15th seed Ludmila Samsonova was defeated by Romania’s Ana Bogdan 7-6, 7-6.
Veronika Kudermetova of this country also managed to register a win in the women’s section, while seventh seed Andrey Rublev and unseeded Aslan Karatsev started with victories in the men’s section. Kudermetova defeated Estonia’s Kaya Kanepi 7–6, 6–4. Rublev defeated Max Purcell 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, while Karatsev defeated France’s L. Van Asch was defeated 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. In other men’s events, 17th seeded Hubert Hurkacz, 14th seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy also won their matches.
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