Veteran Tommy Haas passed permanently from the hallowed turf of Wimbledon. Other German makes it better: Dustin Brown triumphed, and now expects a big opponent.
So now also the last appearance in Wimbledon: In his emotional farewell tour, Tommy Haas has missed a further success. The most traditional of all tennis arbitration of the 39-Year-old out of tournaments on Monday in the first round. And he failed more for yourself: The Belgian qualifier Ruben Bemelmans born in Hamburg, was subject to after 2:40 hours 2:6, 6:3, 3:6, 5:7. Just seconds after the defeat was sealed, left Haas under the friendly applause and a few “Tommy”-Call out to the external space 16. “Somehow it didn’t fit me particularly well. Unfortunately, I haven’t felt physically so good,” said Haas, who admitted the last time “to have a lot of pain killers” to be, in spite of injury for Wimbledon fit.
Brown encounters Murray
Another German was in the full possession of his powers: Dustin Brown became the first of a total of 17 German tennis professionals to be the opening match. The World Ranking Of 97. won against the Portuguese Joao Sousa with 3:6, 7:6 (7:5), 6:4 and 6:4. In the next round, he will probably, two years after his sensational victory against Rafael Nadal on the Centre Court return.
With flying mane: Dustin Brown is a round, now expected but a great opponent.
Because Brown in the second round on no Less than Andy Murray from great Britain. The defending champion won his first-round match against Kazak Alexander Bublik smooth in three sets 6:1, 6:4 and 6:2. The duel between Murray and Brown on Wednesday is expected to be held at the 15,000 spectators, the largest space of the system.
Brown had against Sousa 3:6, 3:5 in the residue, before he found his game and the spectators with spectacular beats enthusiasts. The German-Jamaicans celebrated after two hours of his first Grand-Slam success for a year, in 2013 and 2015, he had scored in the third round of Wimbledon, his best performance in a Major tournament.
Mayer benefits from task
The German Florian Mayer moved into the second round of Wimbledon. The 33-Year-old benefited from the mission of his Serbian opponent Viktor Troicki, after he had won the first set with 6:1. Mayer hits in the second round to Marin Cilic (Croatia/no 7), the declassified, the long-standing German number one Philipp Kohlschreiber with 6:4, 6:2, 6:3 . In 2004 and 2012, Mayer had reached the quarter-finals at the All England Club, with his last three he lost were always in the first round. Mayer is in addition to Dustin Brown (Winsen/Aller) and qualifier Peter Gojowczyk (Munich), the third German in the round of 64 players, nine had qualified for the main draw in men’s singles.
With Rafael Nadal a further Topstar managed to loose in the next round. The four seeded Spaniard won against John Millman of Australia in three sets with 6:1, 6:3, 6:2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, from France, had little trouble with the British Cameron Norrie and won 6:3, 6:2, 6:2.
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