After a nervous opening match, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is finding his game better at Wimbledon. The facts of the 3rd day of the tournament.
03.07.2024, 20:06
03.07.2024, 20:23
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In the 2nd round, the 21-year-old Spaniard won 7:6, 6:2, 6:2 against the Australian Aleksandar Vukic (ATP 69). "I'm very happy today," said Alcaraz. "It's going better day by day." In the 3rd round, he should be really tested for the first time by number 29 seed Frances Tiafoe. On the way to his first Grand Slam title, he defeated the American in five sets in the semi-finals of the 2022 US Open.
Goffin lets 5:0 slip from his grasp
David Goffin experienced a rarely seen collapse. The Belgian had slipped into the main draw as a lucky loser thanks to Andy Murray's withdrawal, but his luck ran out in the end. Goffin (ATP 83) led Tomas Machac (ATP 39), the Geneva Open finalist, 5:0 in the fifth set - and then lost the match in a match tie-break (10:5). Before that, the former top ten player had already let a 2:0 set lead slip away.
