Day 3 Wimbledon
Djokovic, Murray Move to 3rd Round; Ferrer, Azarenka Upset; Li Na Advances
June 25, 2014 ITS Staff – David Ferrer was upset by former Junior Wimbledon champion of 2009 Andrey Kuznetsov 6-7(5) 6-0 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the second round of Wimbledon on Wednesday.
The loss to the young Russian marked the first time the Valencian will not reach the third round after 17 consecutive appearances of a Grand Slam tournament.
The seventh-seed Ferrer, the 2013 French Open finalist to Rafael Nadal, also reached the quarter-finals in the last ten major events. For the No.118th ranked Kuznetsov, it was his first victory against a Top-10 player.
Also bowing out on Day 3 is two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka when she was beaten 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 by Bojana Jovanovski. It was Azarenka’s second tournament after being out for four months to nurse a leg injury. Azarenka played last week’s Eastbourne Aegon International falling Camilla Giorgi also in three sets.
Defending champion Andy Murray conceded only two games to defeat 2013 NCAA Singles Champion Blaz Rola of Slovakia 6-1 6-1 6-0 sending a message that he is still the man to beat in Wimbledon. Murray needed on only 81 minutes to beat the former Ohio State Buckeye star who advanced after ousting Spain’s Pablo Andujar 6-3 6-1 6-4 in the first round.
Also reaching the third round was reigning Australian Open champion and No.2 Li Na who beat Austria’s Yvonne Meusburger 6-2, 6-2. Li hit 33 winners but committed 21 unforced errors while Meusburger managed to produce just four winners the entire match. Poland’s fourth-seed Agnieszka needed less than an hour to beat Australia's Casey Dellacqua 6-4, 6-0.
.@andy_murray cruises into @Wimbledon 3rd Rd with 61 61 60 victory over Rola. http://t.co/gihORWvq8G #ATP #tennis pic.twitter.com/3fEQePmitP
— ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) June 25, 2014
Top seed @DjokerNole overcomes an inspired Radek Stepanek 6-4 6-3 6-7 7-6 to set up a 3R clash with Simon #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/lvRXXU5iZm
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 25, 2014
Wimbledon Men's Singles Second Round Wednesday June 25
1-Novak Djokovic beat Radek Stepanek 6-4 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(5)
Jimmy Wang beat 17-Mikhail Youzhny 7-6(1) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3
6-Tomas Berdych beat Bernard Tomic 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 6-1
Gilles Simon beat Robin Haase 7-6(1) 6-4 6-4
26-Marin Cilic beat Andreas Haider-Maurer 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-4
Andrey Kuznetsov beat 7-David Ferrer 6-7(5) 6-0 3-6 6-3 6-2
27-Roberto Bautista beat Jan Hernych 7-5 4-6 6-2 6-2
Leonardo Mayer beat Marcos Baghdatis 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1 6-4
16-Fabio Fognini beat Tim Puetz 2-6 6-4 7-6(6) 6-3
Jeremy Chardy beat Marinko Matosevic 6-7(5) 7-6(7) 7-6(9) 4-6 7-5
21-Alexandr Dolgopolov beat Benjamin Becker 6-7(4) 7-6(0) 6-3 6-4
11-Grigor Dimitrov beat Luke Saville 6-3 6-2 6-4
3-Andy Murray beat Blaz Rola 6-1 6-1 6-0
20-Kevin Anderson beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-6(0) 1-6 6-3 6-4
Sergiy Stakhovsky beat 12-Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-3 7-6(5)
Andrey #Kuznetsov records his 1st Top 10 win over @DavidFerrer87 at @Wimbledon. Results: http://t.co/6JQEhhi4vL #atp pic.twitter.com/7qlOKDll0H
— ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) June 25, 2014
Wimbledon Women's Singles Second Round Wednesday June 25
23-Lucie Safarova beat Polona Hercog 7-6(7) 7-5
Bojana Jovanovski beat 8-Victoria Azarenka 6-3 3-6 7-5
Caroline Garcia beat Varvara Lepchenko 7-5 6-3
6-Petra Kvitova beat Mona Barthel 6-2 6-0
22-Ekaterina Makarova beat Misaki Doi 7-5 6-4
4-Agnieszka Radwanska beat Casey Dellacqua 6-4 6-0
30-Venus Williams beat Kurumi Nara 7-6(4) 6-1
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova beat 32-Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-2
2-Li Na beat Yvonne Meusburger 6-2 6-2
R1 Zarina Diyas beat Kristina Mladenovic 7-6(4) 6-4
Vera Zvonareva beat Tara Moore 6-4 6-7(3) 9-7
Bojana Jovanovski upsets Vika Azarenka 63 36 75 in 2R of #Wimbledon, 1st Top 10 win of 2014--> http://t.co/Y2e4KUOHFB pic.twitter.com/TRuqdDv2zA
— WTA (@WTA) June 25, 2014
Li Na is 1st player through to 3R of @Wimbledon after def Meusburger 62 62--> http://t.co/6xLK8fuzjN #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/XSu5qoGjaE
— WTA (@WTA) June 25, 2014
.@VenusesWilliams tops Nara 76(4) 61. Awaits winner of Kvitova/Barthel in #Wimbledon
3R--> http://t.co/aSr5rgPBJo pic.twitter.com/sURtExvgrf
— WTA (@WTA) June 25, 2014