Wimbledon 2023 dwell: Score board and results as Novak Djokovic match suspended

Elina Svitolina is thru to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after profitable an exhilarating battle towards Victoria Azarenka within the third-set match tiebreak.

Svitolina solely returned to tennis earlier this 12 months after giving start to her first baby however the Ukrainian wildcard has matched her greatest efficiency on the All England Club by reaching the last-eight.

The 28-year-old fought from a set right down to defeat the previous world No 1 Azarenka 2-6 6-4 7-6(9) and will now play high seed Iga Swiatek for a spot within the semi-finals.

But Svitolina’s efficiency and an enthralling contest between the gamers was overshadowed after the Wimbledon crowd booed Azarenka off the court docket.

Svitolina and Azarenka didn’t shake arms on the internet after the match and the 33-year-old was loudly jeered when she left Court One.

Russian and Belarusian gamers will return to Wimbledon as neutrals this 12 months after the All England Club lifted its ban on gamers from each nations competing within the Championships.

Wimbledon was the one one of many 4 grand slam tournaments to ban gamers from Russia and Belarus following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, however was criticised by the boys’s and ladies’s skilled excursions for doing so.

In response, Wimbledon was stripped of its rating factors and the Lawn Tennis Association was hit by a advantageous after the ban on Russian and Belarusian gamers was prolonged to the summer time’s different grass-court occasions in Britain.

But in March this 12 months, the All England Club introduced it had reversed its resolution forward of this 12 months’s Wimbledon to permit Russian and Belarusian gamers to compete, as lengthy as they agreed to a number of strict circumstances.

Mirra Andreeva is changing into one of many tales of Wimbledon after the 16-year-old Russian qualifier superior to the fourth spherical on her debut on the Championships,

Incredibly, Andreeva had not performed an expert match on grass earlier than she arrived at Wimbledon qualifying final week, however gained three matches in a row to achieve the primary draw.

A brilliant-fan of Andy Murray, Andreeva will try to take inspiration from her hero when she tries to achieve the quarter-finals towards Madison Keys on Monday.

Jamie Murray was pressured to do press-ups as a punishment by his hardline companion Taylor Townsend after their combined doubles win at Wimbledon.

Britain’s Murray and American Townsend wanted two tie-breaks, the second a marathon ending 15-13, to beat Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Jan Zielinski.

Murray had earlier gained within the males’s doubles with New Zealand companion Michael Venus in three units towards Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler.

But that gruelling schedule didn’t cease Townsend from making the Scot do a forfeit alongside her for not serving nicely sufficient.

Suspended matches are resumed the subsequent day, second on the court docket it was began on.

That means Novak Djokovic vs Hubert Hurkacz will resume after the opening match between Elena Rybakina and Beatriz Haddad Maia, which is able to begin at 1:30pm.

Djokovic gained’t resume earlier than 2:30pm, however he’s extra more likely to take to the court docket at round 3:30pm.

It will slot in earlier than Petra Kvitova vs Ons Jabeur, leaving Carlos Alcaraz and Matteo Berrettini’s battle as the fourth of the day.

Iga Swiatek comes again from the brink and is now able to win Wimbledon

If Iga Swiatek goes on to win Wimbledon 2023 and, make no mistake, Swiatek has proved she is now able to profitable Wimbledon 2023, then this match may be the turning level in her match and perhaps in her complete relationship with grass-court tennis.

To say the world No 1 was on the point of elimination could be the mom of all understatements. At a set and 6-5, 15-40 down going through two match factors in a contest the place the whole lot had gave the impression to be conspiring for a Belinda Bencic victory, she was mainly within the taxi on her manner dwelling.

Yet she dug deep, most likely deeper than she ever has on a floor that she overtly admits she is “still trying to figure out” to smack a forehand winner down the road and then a backhand winner cross-court.

True champions shine brightest within the darkest moments and Swiatek was luminescent as she turned the tide to one way or the other snatch a 6-7, 7-6, 6-3victory in a three-hour thriller that earned her a standing ovation from an enthralled Centre Court crowd.

The schedule is regularly getting lighter and lighter… however the matches have gotten extra necessary. There are some crackers once more in the present day, notably the ultimate two on Centre Court.

CENTRE COURT – 13:30 START (8:30 ET)

1. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) [13] vs Elena Rybakina (KAZ) [3]

2. Novak Djokovic (SRB [2] vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) [17] TF – 7-6 7-6

3. Ons Jabeur (TUN) [6] v Petra Kvitova (CZE) [9]

4. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [1] v Matteo Berrettini (ITA)

No.1 COURT – 13:00 START (8:00 ET)

1. Daniil Medvedev [3] v Jiri Lehacka (CZE)

2. Ekaterina Alexandrova [21] v Aryna Sabalenka [2]

3. Grigor Dmitrov (BUL) [21] v Holger Rune (DEN) [6]

No.2 COURT – 11:00 START (6:00 ET)

1. Madison Keys (USA) [25] vs Mirra Andreeva

2. Christopher Eubanks (USA) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) [5]

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka blamed “drunk” followers within the Wimbledon crowd after she was booed off court docket following her defeat to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina.

Svitolina triumphed in an epic three-set battle towards the previous world No 1 Azarenka in what was the primary match between a Ukrainian participant and a Russian or Belarusian at this 12 months’s match.

Players from Russia and Belarus have been banned by Wimbledon final 12 months following the invasion of Ukraine however they’ve been allowed to compete as impartial athletes this 12 months.

Svitolina, like all Ukrainian gamers on the skilled tour, doesn’t shake arms with Russian or Belarusian opponents as a result of ongoing invasion of her dwelling nation.

As anticipated, there was no handshake on the internet however there was a nod of acknowledgement between the gamers.

But Azarenka was then loudly booed off the court docket as Svitolina ready for her post-match interview.

Novak Djokovic must cancel his day without work and work time beyond regulation after falling foul of Wimbledon’s cussed scheduling.

The defending champion and title favorite was main by two units, 7-6 (6) 7-6 (6), towards Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz when play was suspended at 10.35pm.

Wimbledon chiefs will once more be below scrutiny for his or her insistence on beginning play no sooner than 1.30pm on Centre Court regardless of understanding it can not go previous the council-imposed 11pm curfew.

Andrey Rublev’s five-set win over Alexander Bublik took three hours and 17 minutes, earlier than Iga Swiatek beat Belinda Bencic in three units, two of which have been tie-breaks, which additionally took simply over three hours.