Caspar Roode defeated France’s Ugo Humbert 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4.
Casper Roode is seventh among the top 11 ranked men to crash out of the Grass Court Grand Slam after losing 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 to France’s Ugo Humbert in the second match on Wednesday. Round. No. 3 Djokovic, No. 4 Nadal, No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas and No. 7 Carlos Alcaraz are the only players in the top 11 left in the draw.
Djokovic, looking for his fourth straight title at the All England Club, defeated Australia’s Thanasi Kokinakis 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the third round. Nadal reached the second round on Tuesday.
Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev is out because of Russian sanctions over the Ukraine war, No. 2 Alexander Zverev is injured, No. 8 Russia’s Andrey Rublev is also banned, No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassim and No. 10 Hubert Herkaz lose, And number 11 Matteo Berrettini withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19.
In the women’s tournament, second seed Annette Kontaveit and 2017 Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza were also eliminated. Kontaveit lost to Germany’s Juke Niemeyer 6-4, 6-0, while ninth-seeded Muguruza was beaten 6-4, 6-0 by Greet Minen. Kontaveit said she had COVID-19 in recent months and has struggled to get her energy back.
“I had this a couple of months ago, I guess, or something like that. Then I tried to come back very quickly. I started training. It was low-intensity, but I still train every day.” I think that was where I was wrong,” said the 26-year-old Estonian. “Just thinking back on it, I probably should have given myself more time to recover.”
The winners were No. 6 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, who defeated Tereza Martynkova 7-6 (1), 7-5, No. 8 Jessica Pegula and No. 12 Jelena Ostapenko of the United States in a match that began on Tuesday. . Of Latvia. Rudd was making his third appearance at the All England Club. His win over Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Monday was his first in a grass-court Grand Slam.
He became the first Norwegian player to reach a Grand Slam final when he scored a championship match at Roland Garros, but lost to Nadal in straight sets. He withdrew from the Australian Open due to an ankle injury.
United States number 23 Frances Tiafo, Serbia’s Miomir Kekmanovic, number 25, and Germany’s No. 32 Oscar Otte all advanced to the third round.
(Inputs PTI)