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A security member holds an umbrella next to a covered court as the rain starts to fall on the first day of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 3, 2023. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
LONDON : Andrey Rublev said he was happy to be welcomed back to Wimbledon after becoming the first returning Russian through to the second round by beating Australian Max Purcell on Monday.
HALLE, Germany :Kazakh Alexander Bublik broke Alexander Zverev once in each set to power past the German 6-3 7-5 on Saturday and reach the Halle Open final.
Roberto Bautista Agut produced an outstanding performance to prevail against top seed Daniil Medvedev 7-5 7-6(3) once again to advance to the semi-final of the Halle Open. The Spaniard has now won five of the eight matches in which the pair have contested and sends the Russian crashing out in Germany in what is a blow to his confidence ahead of Wimbledon. Ad Bautista Agut’s reward for a first victory over a top 10 ranked opponent since the first week of 2023 is a semi-final match against Andrey Rublev, who had to come from a set down to beat Tallon Griekspoor 3-6 6-3 6-4.
Novak Djokovic will bid for a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title at a French Open without his old rival Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, while Iga Swiatek attempts to become the first woman to defend the title in 16 years.
Serbian veteran Djokovic will not be the favourite for the title, though, after struggling with an elbow injury and failing to get past the quarter-finals in any of his three clay-court events so far this season.
Novak Djokovic will bid for a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title at a French Open without his old rival Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, while Iga Swiatek attempts to become the first woman to defend the title in 16 years. Serbian veteran Djokovic will not be the favourite for the title, though, after struggling with an elbow injury and failing to get past the quarter-finals in any of his three clay-court events so far this season. Carlos Alcaraz won the Barcelona and Madrid Opens en route to taking over from Djokovic as world number one, while Daniil Medvedev is seeded second for Roland Garros after his maiden clay triumph in Rome.
:World number three Daniil Medvedev produced a dominant performance against German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann to reach his first Italian Open semi-final, cruising to a 6-2 6-2 victory on Thursday.