The pearls of Wimbledon: Umbert’s oblivion, the ball boy’s mistake in Murray-Isner and the rudeness of a double

The third day of competition at Wimbledon gave pearls on and off the pitch, as often happens in the first rounds of a Grand Slam, when there are many games and a large number of players are still in the competition. The most curious story of this Wednesday in All of England starred in it, no doubt, Ugo Umberto.

The 24-year-old Frenchman, 112th in the standings, had planned his second round against the Norwegian Casper Ruudthird seed, for the first round on the 2nd pitch, but forced rain delay of an hour and a half the beginning. When bad weather finally allowed it, Humbert grabbed his bag and headed to the stadium, only to realize, when he arrived on the bench, that he had forgotten an essential element to play the match: his rackets.

In the images of the official broadcast the referee could be seen explaining that he would have a few minutes to warm up before starting to play. And Gallium, a little embarrassed by oblivion, commented: “I don’t have my rackets. I’m sorry.”

Fortunately for the Frenchman, someone from his team made a quick run into the locker room and a few minutes later returned with three racketswhich Umbert received with a smile and a standing ovation from the audience.

The carelessness perhaps blurred him a bit, because he lost the first set 6-3. But he reacted quickly and ended up winning the next three 6-2, 7-5 and 6-4 to sign one of the great surprises of the day.

“I love playing on grass. And I think this is a great victory. Casper has been playing very well for a few years, so I’m very happy,” commented the Argentine eliminator. Thomas Etcheverry debut.

Another unprecedented situation occurred during the match between Andy Murray and John Isner, which ended the action on Center Court, in which an unfortunate intervention by a ball boy at the end of the third set could have changed the story of the match.

After giving up the first two sets, Murray served to take the third at the tie break, with the score 6-3 in his favor. The former number one scored an open serve, which the American was unable to answer comfortably. The ball came out very wide and it was obvious that I was about to bite off. The Scotsman jumped to his feet, celebrating his partial victory. But before the ball hit the ground, the ball boy caught it..

The regulation clearly states that the ball must bounce on the pitch to finish the point and only then can the shot be considered “bad”, so the capture of the child was a violation of the rules and the point should have been repeated. However, either because it was clear that the ball was bad – even one of the touch judges called it that – or because neither the referee nor Isner saw it, no one complained on the pitch, the Brits took the set. and the match was extended with a standing ovation from the audience.

Although in the fourth set, Isner lifted the pressure and scored the 6-4, 7- (7-4), 6-7 (3-7) and 6-4 wins and celebrated his first win in nine comparisons. with the Scotsman. .

On the other hand, the German Tamara Korpatsch she went out to criticize her doubles partner, the Frenchman Harmony Tanangry because set it up shortly before the match of the first round of that draw they had to play against the Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru and Ukrainian Nadia Kichenok.

Tan, who beat 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) on Tuesday night in her singles debut, has given up on her commitment. “thigh injury”as reported by the tournament.

Korpatsch, angry and disappointed, turned her anger into a message that she posted on her social networks.

“Unfortunately my doubles partner Harmony Tan withdrew from doubles today. She wrote to me this morning. She made me wait up to an hour before the game started. I am very sad, disappointed and also very angry that I could not to play my first double Grand Slam. And it’s not fair to me. I didn’t deserve it. “commented the German.

“She asked me before the tournament if we wanted to play doubles and I said yes. I didn’t ask her, she asked me! If you are broke after a 3 hour match the day before, you can’t play pro . This is my opinion “hill.