It was never easy to win in Wimbledonbut this year the tournament has raised its level of unpredictability to new heights. In just three days of competition, 15 of the 32 series heads of the male team are already out, and 13 of them fell in the first roundestablishing a historical record for the most prestigious Grand Slam of the tennis calendar.
The grass has always been a treacherous terrain, capable of erasing ranking differences with a couple of well -executed winning serves. But what has happened in this edition of Wimbledon has even exceeded the most skeptical expectations. The famous phrase “in Wimbledon everything can happen” had never been so true.
Zverev, the big surprise
The most shocking elimination of all was, without a doubt, the number 3 of the world, Alexander Zverev, who fell to the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech in a five -set marathon. The German did not arrive at his best and the Frenchman took advantage of it. The number 9 of the world, Daniil Medvedevalso succumbed to an inspired Benjamin Bonzi. The Frenchman, who came from an irregular season, took advantage of every weakness of the Russian to seal a blunt victory in four sets.
Zverev.
Danish Holger Rune, eighth head of series, lived one of the most painful defeats. He fell to Nicolás Jarry after two sets up. The Chilean, resilient and precise, found his best tennis when he needed it most, and ended up taking the game. Although, it should be noted that the Danish was not in full physical conditions.
Lorenzo Musetti, one of the surprises of the season, had no answers to veteran Nikoloz Basilashvili, who displayed an explosive and intelligent tennis to dispatch the young Italian in four sets.
Daniil Medvedev discusses with Judge Damien Dumusois in Wimbledon.
To the great surprises of the Top 10 other notable names of the painting are added: Francisco Cerúndolo (16), UGO Humbert (18), Alexi Popyrin (20), Stefanos Tsitsipas (24), Quien Se Retiró por Lesión, Denis Shapoval (27), Alexander Bublik (28), Alexander Bublik (30), Tallon Griekspoor (31) Y Matteo Berrettini (32)finalist in 2021 and one of the biggest threats in grass.
To all of them were added yesterday, already in second round, the Czech Jiri Lehečka and the American Frances Tiafoe, heads of series 26 and 29 respectively. Thus, in just three days of competition, half of the sown box has already been eliminated. A statistic as striking as alarming for favorites.
