Wimbledon Mens Results Day 1

Written by: Staff on 24th June 2013

Wimbledon Mens Results Day 1

epa03758278 Rafael Nadal of Spain returns to Steve Darcis of Belgium during their first round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 24 June 2013. EPA/ANDY RAIN EPA/ANDY RAIN |

Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal suffered the shock of his grass career as he lost in the first round to Belgian underdog Steve Darcis 7-6(4), 7-6(8), 6-4.

Nadal looked to be favoring his long-injured left knee as he went out to the No.135. But Nadal refused to bring his knee into the discussion. “It’s not the day to talk about these kind of things. I know the grass is a difficult surface for the way that I need to play to play well here. It was not possible this year. I’m gonna try my best for the next couple of years.”

Nadal’s earliest losses at the majors came in the Wimbledon second round in 2005 and a year ago when he was beaten by Lukas Rosol and then took months off to heal and rest his problem knee. He also lost twice in New York in the second round early in his career.

Since February, the No. 5 has reached nine finals and won seven titles including a record eighth at the French Open this month. “No one was expecting my win today,” said a shocked Darcis. “OK, he didn’t play his best tennis but the first match on grass is always tough. For me this was a huge win.”

Andy Murray, seeded second, started his campaign for the first British men’s title in 78 years by beating Benjamin Becker 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Third seed Roger Federer began his title defense with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 defeat of Romanian Victor Hanescu to take the first step towards a historic possible eighth title here. The holder of a record 17 grand slam singles trophies, needed a mere 69 minutes, breaking six times and firing 32 winners.

“You hope to play a good match, then you try to control what you can,” said Federer. “I pack my bags anyway for five sets every single time. So I’m happy that things went well out there today.” There were wins for sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, number 10 Marin Cilic and number 15 Nicolas Almagro. Serb Viktor Troicki put out 14th seeded compatriot Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(5).

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat David Goffin 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-3 while tenth seed Marin Cilic beat Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Spain’s 15th seed Nicolas Almagro advanced but Serb Viktor Troicki beat 14th seeded compatriot Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(5). John Isner beat Russian Evgeny Donskoy 6-1, 7-6(5), 7-6(3) while Canadian Vasek Pospisil beat Marc Gicquel 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3).

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of June 25, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11120

2..(2) Murray………….7405

3..(4) Ferrer………….6870

4..(5) Nadal…………..6860

5..(3) Federer…………5785

6..(6) Berdych…………4515

7..(8) Del Potro……….3790

8..(7) Tsonga………….3480

9..(9) Gasquet…………2965

10.(10) Wawrinka………..2915

11.(13) Haas……………2425

12.(11) Nishikori……….2415

13.(12) Cilic…………..2335

14.(14) Tipsarevic………2310

15.(15) Raonic………….2190

16.(16) Almagro…………2150

17.(17) Simon…………..2055

18.(21) Isner…………..1770

19.(19) Querrey…………1730

20.(20) Monaco………….1695

21.(18) Kohlschreiber……1535

22.(23) Anderson………..1510

23.(22) Janowicz………..1479

24.(24) Dolgopolov………1465

25.(25) Chardy………….1406

26.(28) Seppi…………..1380

27.(29) Robredo…………1380

28.(27) Paire…………..1335

29.(30) Fognini…………1310

30.(31) Dimitrov………..1295

DRAWS

Wimbledon — Week of May 24

1 Djokovic

28 Chardy

19 Simon

13 Haas

9 Gasquet

21 Querrey

27 Anderson

7 Berdych

4 Ferrer

26 Dolgopolov

17 Raonic

16 Kohlschreiber

12 Nishikori

23 Seppi

29 Dimitrov

8 Del Potro

5 Nadal

25 Paire

18 Isner

11 Wawrinka

15 Almagro

24 Janowicz

30 Fognini

3 Federer

6 Tsonga

31 Benneteau

22 Monaco

10 Cilic

14 Tipsarevic

20 Youzhny

32 Robredo

2 Murray

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic

2 Murray

3 Federer

4 Ferrer

5 Nadal

6 Tsonga

7 Berdych

8 Del Potro

9 Gasquet

10 Cilic

11 Wawrinka

12 Nishikori

13 Haas

14 Tipsarevic

15 Almagro

16 Kohlschreiber

17 Raonic

18 Isner

19 Simon

20 Youzhny

21 Querrey

22 Monaco

23 Seppi

24 Janowicz

25 Paire

26 Dolgopolov

27 Anderson

28 Chardy

29 Dimitrov

30 Fognini

31 Benneteau

32 Robredo

MONDAY

Wimbledon

Singles – First Round

[2] A Murray (GBR) d B Becker (GER) 64 63 62

[3] R Federer (SUI) d V Hanescu (ROU) 63 62 60

S Darcis (BEL) d [5] R Nadal (ESP) 76(4) 76(8) 64

[6] J Tsonga (FRA) d D Goffin (BEL) 76(4) 64 63

[10] M Cilic (CRO) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 63 64 64

L Hewitt (AUS) d [11] S Wawrinka (SUI) 64 75 63

V Troicki (SRB) d [14] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 63 64 76(5)

[15] N Almagro (ESP) d J Zopp (EST) 64 76(2) 75

[18] J Isner (USA) d E Donskoy (RUS) 61 76(5) 76(3)

[20] M Youzhny (RUS) d R Haase (NED) 64 75 75

[22] J Monaco (ARG) d [Q] B Knittel (GER) 64 62 63

[24] J Janowicz (POL) d [WC] K Edmund (GBR) 62 62 64

[25] B Paire (FRA) d A Ungur (ROU) 64 46 63 61

J Melzer (AUT) d [30] F Fognini (ITA) 67(5) 75 63 62

[31] J Benneteau (FRA) d T Kamke (GER) 64 67(5) 64 62

[32] T Robredo (ESP) d A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) 62 62 64

F Verdasco (ESP) d X Malisse (BEL) 67(5) 61 64 63

G Rufin (FRA) d M Matosevic (AUS) 61 46 64 63

K De Schepper (FRA) d P Lorenzi (ITA) 76(6) 64 62

R Ram (USA) d L Lacko (SVK) 75 64 67(2) 62

A Mannarino (FRA) d P Andujar (ESP) 61 62 63

L Kubot (POL) d I Andreev (RUS) 61 75 62

E Gulbis (LAT) d E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 76(1) 64 75

S Stakhovsky (UKR) d R Dutra Silva (BRA) 64 60 64

A Kuznetsov (RUS) d A Montanes (ESP) 63 64 36 63

[WC] N Mahut (FRA) d J Hajek (CZE) 62 64 63

Y Lu (TPE) d [WC] J Ward (GBR) 67(4) 64 76(11) 76(4)

V Pospisil (CAN) d [Q] M Gicquel (FRA) 63 62 76(3)

[Q] D Brown (GER) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 63 63

[Q] S Robert (FRA) d A Falla (COL) 63 76(5) 75

R Stepanek (CZE) d [Q] M Reid (AUS) 62 62 64

[Q] J Reister (GER) d L Rosol (CZE) 63 46 76(5) 67(4) 64

Doubles – First Round

[12] I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA) d S Giraldo (COL) / M Russell (USA) 63 76(3) 62

S Ratiwatana (THA) / S Ratiwatana (THA) d A Bedene (SLO) / G Zemlja (SLO) 63 64 57 76(3)

N Monroe (USA) / S Stadler (GER) d P Raja (IND) / D Sharan (IND) 67(4) 26 63 64 64

P Hanley (AUS) / J Smith (AUS) d P Marx (GER) / F Mergea (ROU) 63 16 76(5) 64

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