Casper Roode dug deep to win his first match at Wimbledon on Monday when third seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas put up a hard-fought first-round match on a rain-hit day.
The Norwegian maintained his composure in a match that was twice interrupted by rain on Court 12, to win a 7–6(1), 7–6(9), 6–2, grass-court. His first victory was over the Major. third appearance.
Roode dominated the tie-break after a tight opening set before the second set prevailed in far more dramatic conditions at the same stage. He came down to 2/6 to achieve a topsy-turvy tie-break in which he saved five set points. It proved to be a defining moment in the match in two hours, 44 minutes, as the Norwegian braked twice in the third set to ease his way to victory.
Rood, 23, has enjoyed a stellar 2022 season. He reached the first ATP Masters 1000 final at the Miami Open in March, before fighting his first Grand Slam Championship match against Rafael Nadal on clay at Roland Garros. He increased his number of Tour-level titles to eight with victories in Buenos Aires in February and Geneva in May.
Despite starting his grass season with a loss to British wild card Ryan Peniston at The Queen’s Club, Roode will hope that his solid performance against Ramos-Vinolas is a sign that his high-powered game is well on the surface. may be favourable. He fired 44 winners, including 14 aces, against the Spaniard on Monday, reducing their losses to 2-3 in the pair’s ATP head-to-head series.
Rude’s second-round opponent would be Ugo Humbert, the Frenchman won 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Tomas Martin Echeverry.
Davydovich Fokina wins
Alejandro Davydovich Fokina lost three match points in the third set against seventh seed Hubert Hárkaz and was down a break on two occasions, but advanced to the second round with a hard-fought 7–6(4), 6–4 draw. 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (10-8) win.
“Actually I don’t know how I won this match. He played in the fifth set. [a] 5-4 [lead] And [he was] Serve with new balls. I was [thinking]Davydovich Fokina said in his on-court interview, ‘Okay, let’s come back and see what happens.’ “But I’m so happy to win today because I was struggling a little bit. To beat Harkaz on the grass—hey [made] Last year’s semi-final – that’s so much confidence for me. I am very happy,” he was quoted as saying on the official website.
For most of the deciding set, Davydovich Fokina left, shaking his head. This year’s Monte-Carlo Masters finalists did none in two sets and worked for the match in the third at 5-3 with a 40/0 advantage. The Spaniard made three first serves on those points, but was unable to convert.
At 40/0, he attempted a forward-facing twiner, but missed in the net. It seemed that Davydovich Fokina would regret that decision. Minutes later, the players walked off the court to delay the second rain of the match and when they returned, Harkaz stormed the rest of the set and the fourth set.
“I didn’t know if I just had to rest, sleep, I don’t know. Then when we returned for the second time it was hard because it was [5-5] In the third set and there was a lot of tension,” said Davydovich Fokina. “I didn’t make it, but I just kept playing my game.”
A semifinalist here last year, Harkaz showed his comfort on the grass as Davydovich Fokina lost his game. The pole worked for the match in the fifth set as well. But the player, ranked 37th in the ATP rankings, never gave up and it worked to his advantage as he found his way to victory after three hours and 28 minutes.
“It means a lot. I had a lot of matches that I played against the top 10 [players] And I didn’t win,” said Davydovich Fokina, who will next play Czech lefty Jiri Vesely. “Here on the grass, I could prove that I can beat anyone.”
In other action on the first day on Monday, British No. 1 Cameron Nouri got off to a good start with a 6-0, 7-6(3), 6-3 win over Spain’s Pablo Andujar. Nori will next face Spain’s Jom Munar, who defeated Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro 6-2, 6-4, 7-5.
The ninth seed played a clean match, hitting 32 winners with only 25 unforced errors and losing only one serve. Nori scored his deepest run at Wimbledon last year when he reached the third round (l. to Federer).
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