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New York Post
a day ago
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- New York Post
Wimbledon match stopped due to medical emergency in stands
A scary scene unfolded in the stands during an intense Wimbledon matchup between Nikoloz Basilashvili and No. 7 Lorenzo Musetti on Tuesday. During the fourth set with Basilashvili up 4-0, spectators alerted staff to a medical emergency happening to a fan on Court 2. It also caught the attention of Musetti, who was pointing toward the person in need. The umpire immediately called for a halt in the game so medical attention could reach attend to the fan quickly and easily. Advertisement Grounds crew also pitched in, bringing over cold water and umbrellas to help out. 3 Lorenzo Musetti of Italy gestures to the crowd during the Gentlemen's Singles first round match against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia on day two of The Championships Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 1, 2025 in London, England. Getty Images The spectator was escorted out of the stadium to receive further assistance. Advertisement The heat has reached, at some points during the tournament, around 93 degrees Fahrenheit, though Tuesday's incident was not officially ruled as a heat-related illness. 3 French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz REUTERS It wasn't the only time during the early stages of the tournament when play needed to be stopped because of a medical situation with a fan. During defending champion Carlos Alcaraz's win over Fabio Fognini on Monday, the match was delayed for 15 minutes due to a spectator needing medical help. Alcaraz helped out by grabbing a cold bottle of water for people to give to the unwell spectator. Advertisement When play resumed on Tuesday in the Basilashvili-Musetti match, the former was able to complete the upset, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. 3 Basilashvili after winning his matchup Getty Images Musetti was in the final four of 2024's Wimbledon but has now been bounced out of the tournament in the first round. He was not the only one to be upset, as French Open winner Coco Gauff is heading home after losing in the first round of the women's draw.
Al Arabiya
2 days ago
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- Al Arabiya
Wimbledon: The record number of seeded men out in the 1st round includes Zverev and Musetti
There was three-time Grand Slam finalist and No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev outplayed over five sets in a first-round loss at Wimbledon to 72nd-ranked Arthur Rinderknech, who entered Tuesday with a 1–4 career record at the All England Club and zero trips past the third round in 18 appearances at majors. There was No. 7 Lorenzo Musetti, a semifinalist at Wimbledon last year and at the French Open last month, sent home Tuesday by Nikoloz Basilashvili, a qualifier ranked 126th, who only once has made it as far as the fourth round in his 31 previous Grand Slam tournaments. And on and on went the upsets on Day 2 at the grass-court major, meaning at least 12 seeded men would fail to get to the second round, with more left to play–the highest total at Wimbledon since it began assigning 32 seeds in 2001. There were fewer surprises in the women's bracket, with eight seeds gone before Tuesday was done, but No. 3 Jessica Pegula was among those leaving. The American was the runner-up at last year's US Open and was coming off a grass-court title in Germany over the weekend, defeating Iga Swiatek in the final, yet didn't pose much of a challenge to 116th-ranked Elisabetta Cocciaretto in a 6–2, 6–3 loss that lasted less than an hour. Two other major finalists, No. 5 Zheng Qinwen and No. 15 Karolina Muchova, also were eliminated Tuesday, as were No. 26 Marta Kostyuk and No. 25 Magdalena Frech, whose opponent, 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko, lost in qualifying last week and only got into the field when another player, Anastasia Potapova, withdrew with an injured hip. Nothing was quite as out-of-nowhere, though, as Rinderknech's success. 'What a moment. Such emotions,' Rinderknech, a 29-year-old from France, said after completing his 7–6 (3), 6–7 (8), 6–3, 6–7 (5), 6–4 victory across 4 hours 40 minutes against Zverev in a match suspended Monday night at a set apiece. 'I don't even know where to start.' He ended things with a backhand winner, then dropped to his stomach, face down on Centre Court. Zverev joined Musetti–who hadn't played since a leg injury forced him to stop at Roland-Garros and was a 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 loser against Basilashvili–as top-10 losers on Tuesday, a day after No. 8 Holger Rune and No. 9 Daniil Medvedev departed. Other seeded men exiting on Day 2 included No. 27 Denis Shapovalov, No. 28 Alexander Bublik, and No. 30 Alex Michelsen. Rinderknech pulled off his win thanks to some terrific serving, delivering 25 aces and saving all nine break points he faced. He converted three break chances against Zverev and won the point on 44 of his 55 trips to the net. 'It's my first top-five win in the biggest stadium in the world,' Rinderknech said. 'My legs are still shaking. I'm just so happy the match is finished.' What else happened at Wimbledon on Tuesday? Two-time champion Petra Kvitova played her final match at the All England Club, bowing out 6–3, 6–1 against No. 10 Emma Navarro. 'This place holds the best memories I could wish for,' said the 35-year-old Kvitova, who will retire after the US Open. 'I never dreamed of winning a Wimbledon, and I won it twice.' Defending women's champion Barbora Krejcikova and men's No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz both needed comebacks to win, and No. 1 Jannik Sinner was never troubled in a straight-set victory. Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff were in action later. Who is scheduled to play at the All England Club on Wednesday? No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka starts the Centre Court program against Marie Bouzkova at 1:30 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. ET), followed by two-time defending men's champion Carlos Alcaraz against 733rd-ranked University of San Diego player Oliver Tarvet of Britain, and then 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova vs. 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu.
Washington Post
2 days ago
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- Washington Post
Wimbledon: The record number of seeded men out in the 1st round includes Zverev and Musetti
LONDON — There was three-time Grand Slam finalist and No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev , outplayed over five sets in a first-round loss at Wimbledon to 72nd-ranked Arthur Rinderknech, who entered Tuesday with a 1-4 career record at the All England Club and zero trips past the third round in 18 appearances at majors. There was No. 7 Lorenzo Musetti, a semifinalist at Wimbledon last year and at the French Open last month, sent home Tuesday by Nikoloz Basilashvili, a qualifier ranked 126th who only once has made it as far as the fourth round in his 31 previous Grand Slam tournaments. And on and on went the upsets on Day 2 at the grass-court major, meaning at least 12 seeded men would fail to get to the second round with more left to play — the highest total at Wimbledon since it began assigning 32 seeds in 2001. There were fewer surprises in the women's bracket, with eight seeds gone before Tuesday was done, but No. 3 Jessica Pegula was among those leaving. The American was the runner-up at last year's U.S. Open and was coming off a grass-court title in Germany over the weekend, defeating Iga Swiatek in the final, yet didn't pose much of a challenge to 116th-ranked Elisabetta Cocciaretto in a 6-2, 6-3 loss that lasted less than an hour. Two other major finalists, No. 5 Zheng Qinwen and No. 15 Karolina Muchova, also were eliminated Tuesday, as were No. 26 Marta Kostyuk and No. 25 Magdalena Frech, whose opponent, 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko , lost in qualifying last week and only got into the field when another player, Anastasia Potapova, withdrew with an injured hip. Nothing was quite as out-of-nowhere, though, as Rinderknech's success. 'What a moment. Such emotions,' Rinderknech, a 29-year-old from France, said after completing his 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 victory across 4 hours, 40 minutes against Zverev in a match suspended Monday night at a set apiece. 'I don't even know where to start.' He ended things with a backhand winner, then dropped to his stomach, face down, on Centre Court. Zverev joined Musetti — who hadn't played since a leg injury forced him to stop at Roland-Garros and was a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 loser against Basilashvili — as top-10 losers on Tuesday, a day after No. 8 Holger Rune and No. 9 Daniil Medvedev departed. Other seeded men exiting on Day 2 included No. 27 Denis Shapovalov, No. 28 Alexander Bublik and No. 30 Alex Michelsen. Rinderknech pulled off his win thanks to some terrific serving, delivering 25 aces and saving all nine break points he faced. He converted three break chances against Zverev and won the point on 44 of his 55 trips to the net. 'It's my first top-five win, in the biggest stadium in the world,' Rinderknech said. 'My legs are still shaking. I'm just so happy the match is finished.' Two-time champion Petra Kvitova played her final match at the All England Club, bowing out 6-3, 6-1 against No. 10 Emma Navarro. 'This place holds the best memories I could wish for,' said the 35-year-old Kvitova, who will retire after the U.S. Open. 'I never dreamed of winning a Wimbledon and I won it twice.' Defending women's champion Barbora Krejcikova and men's No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz both needed comebacks to win, and No. 1 Jannik Sinner was never troubled in a straight-set victory. Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff were in action later. No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka starts the Centre Court program against Marie Bouzkova at 1:30 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. ET), followed by two-time defending men's champion Carlos Alcaraz against 733rd-ranked University of San Diego player Oliver Tarvet of Britain, and then 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova vs. 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu. ___ AP tennis:
Associated Press
2 days ago
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- Associated Press
Wimbledon: The record number of seeded men out in the 1st round includes Zverev and Musetti
LONDON (AP) — There was three-time Grand Slam finalist and No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev, outplayed over five sets in a first-round loss at Wimbledon to 72nd-ranked Arthur Rinderknech, who entered Tuesday with a 1-4 career record at the All England Club and zero trips past the third round in 18 appearances at majors. There was No. 7 Lorenzo Musetti, a semifinalist at Wimbledon last year and at the French Open last month, sent home Tuesday by Nikoloz Basilashvili, a qualifier ranked 126th who only once has made it as far as the fourth round in his 31 previous Grand Slam tournaments. And on and on went the upsets on Day 2 at the grass-court major, meaning at least 12 seeded men would fail to get to the second round with more left to play — the highest total at Wimbledon since it began assigning 32 seeds in 2001. There were fewer surprises in the women's bracket, with eight seeds gone before Tuesday was done, but No. 3 Jessica Pegula was among those leaving. The American was the runner-up at last year's U.S. Open and was coming off a grass-court title in Germany over the weekend, defeating Iga Swiatek in the final, yet didn't pose much of a challenge to 116th-ranked Elisabetta Cocciaretto in a 6-2, 6-3 loss that lasted less than an hour. Two other major finalists, No. 5 Zheng Qinwen and No. 15 Karolina Muchova, also were eliminated Tuesday, as were No. 26 Marta Kostyuk and No. 25 Magdalena Frech, whose opponent, 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko, lost in qualifying last week and only got into the field when another player, Anastasia Potapova, withdrew with an injured hip. Nothing was quite as out-of-nowhere, though, as Rinderknech's success. 'What a moment. Such emotions,' Rinderknech, a 29-year-old from France, said after completing his 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 victory across 4 hours, 40 minutes against Zverev in a match suspended Monday night at a set apiece. 'I don't even know where to start.' He ended things with a backhand winner, then dropped to his stomach, face down, on Centre Court. Zverev joined Musetti — who hadn't played since a leg injury forced him to stop at Roland-Garros and was a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 loser against Basilashvili — as top-10 losers on Tuesday, a day after No. 8 Holger Rune and No. 9 Daniil Medvedev departed. Other seeded men exiting on Day 2 included No. 27 Denis Shapovalov, No. 28 Alexander Bublik and No. 30 Alex Michelsen. Rinderknech pulled off his win thanks to some terrific serving, delivering 25 aces and saving all nine break points he faced. He converted three break chances against Zverev and won the point on 44 of his 55 trips to the net. 'It's my first top-five win, in the biggest stadium in the world,' Rinderknech said. 'My legs are still shaking. I'm just so happy the match is finished.' What else happened at Wimbledon on Tuesday? Two-time champion Petra Kvitova played her final match at the All England Club, bowing out 6-3, 6-1 against No. 10 Emma Navarro. 'This place holds the best memories I could wish for,' said the 35-year-old Kvitova, who will retire after the U.S. Open. 'I never dreamed of winning a Wimbledon and I won it twice.' Defending women's champion Barbora Krejcikova and men's No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz both needed comebacks to win, and No. 1 Jannik Sinner was never troubled in a straight-set victory. Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff were in action later. Who is scheduled to play at the All England Club on Wednesday? No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka starts the Centre Court program against Marie Bouzkova at 1:30 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. ET), followed by two-time defending men's champion Carlos Alcaraz against 733rd-ranked University of San Diego player Oliver Tarvet of Britain, and then 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova vs. 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu. ___ AP tennis:
The National
2 days ago
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- The National
Wimbledon 2025: Sinner sails through and defending champion Krejcikova recovers from early scare
Jannik Sinner's Wimbledon quest is up and running after the world No 1 powered past Luca Nardi in straight sets on another scorching day at the All England Club. Having lost in dramatic fashion to Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open final last month, the Italian returned to Grand Slam action against his countryman on Court 1 which saw temperatures reaching as high as 34° Celsius. And three-time major winner Sinner made short work of Nardi, beating the 21-year-old 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 to reach the second round of the only Grand Slam he has yet to reach the final of. Sinner last week insisted his surprise decision to part with two of his coaching staff on the eve of Wimbledon would not affect his bid to win the tournament for the first time. The 23-year-old opted to move on from Marco Panichi and Ulises Badio, his trainer and physiotherapist, as he looks for a new direction following the painful defeat to Alcaraz. 'I'm very happy to come back here. It's such a special place for me,' said Sinner in his on-court interview after beating Nardi in one hour and 48 minutes. 'Playing against an Italian is for us very unfortunate, but one has to go through, so I'm happy that it is me. 'I know it's very hot, very humid. I don't remember the last time it was this weather in London.' Another Italian, seventh seed Lorenzo Musetti, failed to make it through after a surprise defeat against Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili. Last year's semi-finalist was beaten 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 on a muggy Court 2 by 126th-ranked Basilashvili, who earned his first win in a Grand Slam since reaching the third round at Wimbledon in 2022. It was also the 33-year-old's first victory over a top-10 player at a Grand Slam. Australian 11th seed Alex de Minaur wrapped his first-round match in quick fashion with a 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 victory over Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena. American Tommy Paul, seeded 13, is also safely through after sweeping past home hope Johannus Monday 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. In the women's draw, defending champion Barbora Krejcikova recovered from an early scare to beat rising Filipino star Alexandra Eala in three sets. It looked like the Czech could become the second consecutive Wimbledon women's champion to lose in the first round when she went behind against the 20-year-old. Last year saw Krejcikova's compatriot and 2023 title winner Marketa Vondrousova become the second women's defending champion in the open era – after Steffi Graf in 1994 – to fall at the first hurdle. But Krejcikova, who had to withdraw from the grass-court Eastbourne Open last week due to a thigh injury after previously struggling with a debilitating back problem, hit back in style and sealed a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory on Centre Court. 'I was in a lot of pain in my back and I didn't really know how my career was going to go,' said the 29-year-old. 'I'm super happy and super excited that I can be here and that I can play on such a great court.' World No 3 Jessica Pegula became the highest-ranked player to fall in this year's tournament so far when the American was dispatched in straight sets by Elisabetta Cocciaretto. The Italian, ranked 116 in the world, ran out a convincing 6-2, 6-3 winner securing only her second victory against a top-10 player, bringing last year's US Open runner-up Pegula's Wimbledon dream to a swift end. Pegula, who lost in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2020 French Open, hailed Cocciaretto's performance on Court 2 as 'insane'. 'She played absolutely incredible tennis,' said the 31-year-old. 'Hats off to her. Kudos to her for playing at a high level that I couldn't match today.' Cocciaretto – who never been beyond Round 4 in a Slam – was able to avenge her straight-sets loss to Pegula at Wimbledon two years ago. Fifth seed Qinwen Zheng is also out after the Olympic champion from China was beaten 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 by the Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova. There were no such problems for Polish eighth seed and five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek who brushed aside Polina Kudermetova of Russia 7-5, 6-1. Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva's 6-3, 6-3 win over Egypt's Mayar Sharif means there will be no Arab players in the second round at SW19, following Ons Jabeur's tearful exit on Monday.
