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On tap today: The seed count keeps dropping, rough schedule for Arthur Rinderknech, ESPN didn’t get the memo, Hailey Baptiste takes on Victoria Mboko, plus more in today’s tennis news.
Let’s tennis!
Three Points
🎾 Seed count: Another eight seeds — six women and two men — lost on Wednesday. That means 31 seeds have fallen thus far, and we still have another day of second-round matches today.
- Women’s upsets: Kamilla Rakhimova def. Jasmine Paolini 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Diane Parry def. Diana Shnaider 6-4, 6-1; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Ashlyn Krueger 7-6, 6-4; Dalma Galfi def. Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6, 6-1; Laura Siegemund def. Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-3; Cristina Bucsa def. Donna Vekic 6-1, 6-3;
- Men’s upset: Cameron Norrie def. Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5; Mattia Bellucci def. Jiri Lehecka 7-6, 6-1, 7-5
🎾 Rough schedule: For all the shouts of unfairness when Taylor Fritz had to return to play one set against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard on Tuesday, Arthur Rinderknech would like a word. His match was also suspended that night, but he had to come back and play three grueling sets to take down Alexander Zverev on Tuesday. And while Fritz got his match done in time before curfew on Wednesday, Rinderknech ran out of daylight, pushing him to a fourth straight day when play resumes on Thursday. If he wins, that will push him to five straight days on Friday. Makes you wonder if he regrets entering doubles.
