Frenchman Renderkic achieves the first Wimbledon Tennis surprises and excludes German Zverev
London on July 1 / WAM / French Arthur Rendernkich, ranked 72 globally, achieved a major surprise in the Wimbledon Tennis Championship, by excluding German Alexander Zverev, the third seed of the championship, from the first round, after a marathon match that spanned 5 exciting groups, ended with a score of (7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4), in favor of Rending In turn, he set an appointment in the second round with Chilean Christian Jarin.
Today also witnessed the qualification of several prominent names in the men’s competitions, as the French Corintene Muttite climbed to the second round after his victory over the Argentine Francesco Comysa in three groups without reply (6-4, 6-4, 6-2), and the Czech Thomas Machak, ranked 21, qualified by beating Bosnian Damir Domhour (6-3, 6-2, 6-4), to meet the Danish August Holmegreen, who outperformed the French Quinin Hallis (7-6, 6-3, and 6-4).
In another match, the Italian Flavio Copoli, ranked 22, qualified after beating Kazakhsani Beit Zokiv (6-3, 7-6, 6-1), and the winner of the Argentine match Thomas Echiviri and the British Jack Jones awaits.
Croatian Marine Celic also defeated the Belgian Rafael Cultenon (6-3, 6-4, 6-3), and the winner is waiting for the British meeting Jacques Dreter and Argentine Sebastian Bayes.
In the women’s competitions, the American Emma Navarro, the tenth seeded, qualified for the second round by beating the Czech Petra Kvitova (6-3, 6-1), to face Russian Veronica Kodermitova, winner of the Chinese Zho Lin (6-3, 6-2).
The American Haile Peptest also defeated the Romanian Surna Christia (6-7, 6-1, and 6-2), to face Canadian Victoria Mbuko, who excluded the Polish Majdalina Freikh, seeded 25, with a score of (6-3-and 2-2).
In another confrontation, Ukrainian Yulia Starodobtsiva defeated British Francesca Jones (1-6, 6-3, 6-1), to meet Russian Lyodella Samsunova in the next round.
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