“I just thought to myself: ‘This is nuts. “They always show how the players are walking through all the rooms, then walking down the stairs,” he said. He’d never been to Centre Court until Friday, as a player, fan or otherwise, and resisted the temptation to pull out his cellphone to shoot some video. He made a splash at the French Open last year by getting to the fourth round before losing to his idol, Nadal (Korda’s cat is named after the 20-time major champion). Korda is making his Wimbledon debut and participating in any Grand Slam tournament for only the third time. I felt like today I was a bit off, especially with serving,” said Djokovic, who was broken twice in a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7) victory over American qualifier Denis Kudla that made him 17-0 in Slam matches this season. “I can’t say that I’m too pleased with the way I performed. 10 Denis Shapovalov, who ended Andy Murray’s first Wimbledon singles appearance since 2017 by defeating the two-time champion 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
5 Andrey Rublev against Marton Fucsovics and No. 3 seed Tsitsipas in the first round but now has lost to Khachanov at Wimbledon twice since 2018. I knew it was a good opportunity,” said Tiafoe, who beat No. 25 seed Karen Khachanov, a Russian who eliminated Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. On Monday, Korda’s 21st birthday, he’ll face No. “It’s your first time on Centre Court at Wimbledon, just enjoy it, embrace it, have a lot of fun.” “The most important thing he told me yesterday was just to enjoy it,” Korda said. Open remains the most recent Grand Slam singles title for an American man, the longest drought in history for a nation that produced Bill Tilden, Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.Įight-time major champ Agassi just so happens to be a mentor of sorts for Korda they spent two weeks working together in Las Vegas late last year and speak on the phone frequently.
Another won one major (Marin Cilic), and the other two were Slam runners-up (Stefanos Tsitsipas, still only 22 himself, and Tomas Berdych). 1 and win multiple Grand Slam titles: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Lleyton Hewitt. Of the other seven, four went on to be ranked No.
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