Tujuh Petenis Cedera Serius di Wimbledon
Seven Players Tumble on Injury-hit Day at Wimbledon
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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RAFAEL Nadal, penakluk Steve Darcis mengalami cedera yang membuat terkejut para penggemarnya di Wimbledon pada hari ketiga.
Petenis Belgia ini salah satu dari tujuh pemain yang dipanggil untuk mengikuti kejuaraan bertitel
SW19.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga kalah dari petenis wanita unggulan kedua Victoria Azarenka.
Mereka bergabung dengan Marin Cilic, John Isner, Radek Stepenek dan Yaroslava Shvedova - dan menjadi pertanyaan adalah kualitas lapangan tenis, seperti dilansir The Sun.
Beberapa pemain lain berjuang dalam pertandingan mereka setelah mengalami cedera termasuk Caroline Wozniacki, yang mengalahkan Petra Cetkovska, dan mantan juara Maria Sharapova yang kalah 6-3 6-4 dari Michelle Larcher de Brito.
Kelima orang-orang yang ditarik keluar akibat cedera adalah Andy Murray sesuai hasil undian yang meningkatkan harapan petenis Skotlandia untuk meraih gelar pertamanya Wimbledon.
Namun prospek menghadapi Roger Federer di semi-final masih tetap terbuka.
Dan peringkat satu Novak Djokovic mungkin harus siapa yang akan dihadapinya di final nanti.
Rekor pemain cedera di arena Grand Slam sehingga petenis harus mundur tercatat 17 petenis saat turnamen AS Terbuka pada 2011.
RAFAEL Nadal conqueror Steve Darcis topped a raft of injury withdrawals that have stunned Wimbledon fans on day three.
The Belgian was one of SEVEN players to call time on their championship bid on a dramatic day at SW19.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was a high-profile loss as was women’s second seed Victoria Azarenka.
They were joined by Marin Cilic, John Isner, Radek Stepenek and Yaroslava Shvedova - and now questions are being asked about the quality of the playing surface.
Several other players struggled in their matches after suffering falls including Caroline Wozniacki, who went out to Petra Cetkovska, and former champion Maria Sharapova who lost 6-3 6-4 to Michelle Larcher de Brito.
All five of the men who pulled out are in Andy Murray’s side of the draw which has boosted the Scot’s hopes of claiming his first Wimbledon title.
But the prospect of facing an in-form Roger Federer in the semi-finals still remains.
And No1 seed Novak Djokovic may lie in wait for whoever makes the final.
The Grand Slam record for injury withdrawals in the open era is 17 at the US Open in 2011.
