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Heather Watson conceded she was simply outclassed as her Wimbledon singles campaign came to an end on Wednesday. Guernsey's Watson had been in fine fettle this grass court season, most notably coming through qualifying to reach the last four of the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham. Ad But on Wednesday she faced an opponent that had also impressed on grass this season, in the form of tenth seed Barbora Krejcikova.
LONDON : Twice champion Petra Kvitova booked her spot in the second round of Wimbledon with a 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 win over Italy's Jasmine Paolini on Wednesday.
Just over three weeks ago, Karolina Muchova stood on a podium in the middle of Court Philippe-Chatrier, fighting tears, with a runner-up plate in one hand and a microphone in the other as the Roland Garros crowd gave her an extended standing ovation. The Czech had just played, and lost, a brilliant three-set final against world No.1 Iga Swiatek and the fans wanted to make sure she knew they appreciated the show she put on for them throughout the fortnight in Paris.
Cameron Norrie faced a tough match against Tomas Machac as he fought for a 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-4 victory in the first round of Wimbledon on Tuesday evening. The 27-year-old has the Rio Open title to his name already this season and reached the quarter-final at Queen’s until his defeat at the hands of Sebastian Korda, and was the favourite to defeat his Czech opponent.
The 2023 Wimbledon Championships got underway on Monday, with the world’s best tennis players descending on the All England Club for the third Grand Slam of the year.
Elena Rybakina is bidding to become only the second woman in the past decade to win back-to-back Wimbledon titles as she begins her campaign at the All England Club on Tuesday, but her preparations have been severely impeded by illness.
LONDON : Order of play on the main show courts on the second day of the Wimbledon championships on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra continued his tremendous form as he came back from a one-month injury lay-off to clinch the top spot in the Lausanne leg of the Diamond League, his second straight win of the season in the prestigious one-day meeting series, on Friday. The 25-year-old Chopra had skipped three top events due to a muscle strain he sustained while training last month but came back with a bang as he won the Diamond League title here with his fifth-round throw of 87.66m. He began with a foul and then had 83.52m and 85.04m throws. He had another foul in the fourth round before coming up with his winning throw of 87.66m next. His sixth and last throw was 84.15m.