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The third round duel between Holger Rune (20) and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (24) was a sensation that ended with a spectacle for the spectators on Court No. 3 at Wimbledon.
Davidovich Fokina leads in the fifth set tiebreak 8:5 before the Dane Rune again proves his mental strength and equalizes to 8:8. Fokina has serve and a chance for the third match point. The 24-year-old reaches into his bag of tricks, but he’s really wrong there…
He decides to serve from below. Too bad Rune’s wide awake. Although the Dane expects a hard serve and is well behind, he is fast enough to get back. Rune gets the match point, which he then transforms.
Spaniard looks stupid
“My God, that was one of the most shocking nervous breakdowns I’ve ever seen on a tennis court,” American journalist Ben Rothenburg wrote after the game. And ex-coach Brad Gilbert also said: “I can’t believe what Fokina did when the score was 8:8.”
Rune commented after the game that the trick could have worked. Davidovich Fokina wanted to put Rune on the wrong foot, but now stands there stupid and makes a fool of himself. The poor decision also means the Spaniard’s Wimbledon farewell and is likely to accompany him for some time to come. (jsl)
Source : Blick
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