{"id":281627,"date":"2021-06-29T03:04:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/?p=281627"},"modified":"2021-06-29T03:04:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:04:10","slug":"djokovic-slides-to-victory-as-wimbledon-makes-soggy-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/2021\/06\/29\/djokovic-slides-to-victory-as-wimbledon-makes-soggy-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic wins, Tsitsipas crashes and Murray shines as soggy Wimbledon returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_281659\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281659\" class=\"size-full wp-image-281659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2021\/06\/54f004c3457f348b29e7bf0014a5cd8277e49101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2021\/06\/54f004c3457f348b29e7bf0014a5cd8277e49101.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2021\/06\/54f004c3457f348b29e7bf0014a5cd8277e49101-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-281659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chasing history: Novak Djokovic on court against Britain&#8217;s Jack Draper on Monday &copy; <b>AFP \/ Glyn KIRK<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>London (AFP), Jun 28 &#8211; <\/i>Novak Djokovic got his bid for a sixth Wimbledon and record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title off to a winning start on Monday and then saw potential semi-final opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas crash out at a soggy All England Club.<\/p>\n<p>One year after the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, defending champion and world number one Djokovic claimed a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over Britain&#8217;s 253rd-ranked Jack Draper.<\/p>\n<p>Third seed Tsitsipas, however, beaten by Djokovic in the French Open final just two weeks ago, slumped to his third first round defeat in four visits to the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>America&#8217;s Frances Tiafoe, ranked 57, stunned the Greek star 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray, the 2013 and 2016 champion, won his first Wimbledon singles match since 2017 with a 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory over the 24th seeded Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>They were amongst a handful of standout moments as heavy rain brought chaos to the opening day with just 32 of the scheduled 64 matches completed.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, 34, struggled on the slippery Centre Court surface with the roof closed due to the rain which had delayed play on outside courts for five hours.<\/p>\n<p>Left-handed Draper, playing just his fifth match on the main tour, saved seven of seven break points in the opener to stun the top seed.<\/p>\n<p>But Djokovic soon snuffed out any danger of him becoming only the third defending champion to lose in the first round, by sweeping through the remainder of the tie.<\/p>\n<p>He finished with an impressive 25 aces and 47 winners as his 19-year-old opponent, who grew up just six miles (9.5km) from the All England Club, wilted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I probably had one of the best serving performances that I can recall on any surface,&#8221; said Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>He next faces Kevin Anderson, the South African he defeated in the 2018 final.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8216;It sounds good&#8217; &#8211;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_281674\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281674\" class=\"size-full wp-image-281674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2021\/06\/163b86b83e8d3bb8edc63b09aa20df19e855eb4e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2021\/06\/163b86b83e8d3bb8edc63b09aa20df19e855eb4e.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2021\/06\/163b86b83e8d3bb8edc63b09aa20df19e855eb4e-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-281674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stunner: Frances Tiafoe celebrates his win over Greece&#8217;s Stefanos Tsitsipas &copy; <b>AFP \/ Ben STANSALL<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the Australian and French Open titles under his belt, the Serb is bidding to become only the third man in history to claim a calendar Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>His match was preceded by a standing ovation for Professor Sarah Gilbert, one of the key scientists behind the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine who was a special guest in the Royal Box.<\/p>\n<p>Tiafoe won a second-tier grass court Challenger event in Nottingham this month before making the quarter-finals at Queen&#8217;s Club.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he made that match hardness pay against Tsitsipas, playing only his 16th match on grass.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time in 12 attempts that 23-year-old Tiafoe had beaten a player ranked in the top five.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It sounds pretty damn good,&#8221; said Tiafoe.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas, weary of life in the tennis bubble, admitted it had been a struggle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There have been times that I was much more motivated than this. But that&#8217;s no reason for me not to play well,&#8221; he said<\/p>\n<p>Now ranked a lowly 118 in the world, former number one Murray won his first singles match at the All England Club since 2017 when he lost to Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>A long-standing hip problem, which required surgery, then pushed him tearfully to the brink of retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I keep on being asked will it be my last match or my last Wimbledon,&#8221; he said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know why I keep on being asked. I want to keep on playing. I enjoy it and I can still play at the highest level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wimbledon looks very different this year with Covid-19 protocols in place and a 50 percent capacity until finals day, but one familiar feature was the summer rain.<\/p>\n<p>Play on the outside courts started so late that 32 of the day&#8217;s scheduled 64 matches will have to be completed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_281640\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-281640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2021\/06\/aaab93bd55fcda9ddf9d41ae80bbfedfa986f676.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2021\/06\/aaab93bd55fcda9ddf9d41ae80bbfedfa986f676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2021\/06\/aaab93bd55fcda9ddf9d41ae80bbfedfa986f676-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-281640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain pain: Spectators shelter from the rain beneath umbrellas as they wait for play to begin on the first day of Wimbledon &copy; <b>AFP \/ Adrian DENNIS<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Belarus second seed Aryna Sabalenka had the honour of being the first winner at the tournament in two years when she downed Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu 6-1, 6-4 under the roof of Court One.<\/p>\n<p>Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens knocked out Czech 10th seed Petra Kvitova, the 2011 and 2014 champion, 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>Garbine Muguruza, the 2017 winner, needed just under an hour to see off France&#8217;s Fiona Ferro 6-0, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Hotel bubble &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Players are confined to a hotel &#8216;bubble&#8217; in central London this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, there have already been two virus-related withdrawals &#8212; Britain&#8217;s Johanna Konta and former men&#8217;s doubles champion Frederik Nielsen, both identified as close contacts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not unexpected,&#8221; said All England Club chief executive Sally Bolton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London (AFP), Jun 28 &#8211; Novak Djokovic got his bid for a sixth Wimbledon and record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title off to a winning start on Monday and then saw potential semi-final opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas crash out at a soggy All England Club. 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