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On tap today: More Wimbledon chaos, Alexander Zverev says he’s very lonely, Holger Rune’s garage sale runs out of rackets, Emma Raducanu takes on Marketa Vondrousova, plus more in today’s tennis news.
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Three Points
🎾 More wild grass: Day Two of Wimbledon didn’t ease up on the chaos front. Thirteen seeds — including more than a few top 10 players — dropped on the second day of play. That means a total of 23 seeds have fallen in the first round. Say a prayer for round two.
- Women’s upsets: Dayana Yastremska def. Coco Gauff 7-6, 6-1; Elisabetta Cocciaretto def. Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-3; Katerina Siniakova def. Qinwen Zheng 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Victoria Mboko def. Magdalena Frech 6-3, 6-2; Elsa Jacquemot def. Magda Linette 6-7, 6-1, 6-4; Xinyu Wang def. Karolina Muchova 7-5, 6-2; Veronika Erjavec def. Marta Kostyuk 3-6, 6-3, 6-4;
- Men’s upsets: Arthur Rinderknech def. Alexander Zverev 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4; Nikolaz Basilashvili def. Lorenzo Musetti 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1; Gael Monfils def. Ugo Humbert 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-5, 6-2; Miomir Kecmanovic def. Alex Michelsen 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6; Jaume Munar def. Alexander Bublik 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2; Mariano Navone def. Denis Shapovalov 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
🎾 Lonesome loser: After Alexander Zverev joined the long list of seeds dropping in the first round by losing to Arthur Rinderknech of France, he let out a series of thoughts about his general mental state.
- What he said: “I'm trying to find ways, trying to find ways to kind of get out of this hole. I keep kind of finding myself back in it in a way,” he said. “I feel, generally speaking, quite alone in life at the moment, which is a feeling that is not very nice.”
