Rain for Ruben Bemelmans at Wimbledon: Fifth Set is on Thursday. The match between Ruben Bemelmans (ATP 104) and the American John Isner (ATP 10) in the second round of Wimbledon was interrupted by rain on Wednesday-evening in the fifth set.
The party will resume on Thursday. The set positions were 1-6, 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/3) and 4-3.
Bemelmans had to acknowledge his multiple in Isner in the first set (6-1). In the second set, he bobbed fiercely, but the American still pulled the most extended end (6-4). Set three was the good one for Bemelmans, who won after a tiebreak (7-6 (8/6)).
The Belgian pulled that line in the fourth set (7-6 (7/3)) and was also in the fifth with 4-3 in the lead when rain stopped the match. The battle will resume on Thursday, says GOK News.
In the third round, the Moldavian Radu Albot (ATP 98) waits for the winner. He beat in his match of the second round the Slovenian Aljaz Bedene (ATP 71) in five sets: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 5-7 and 6-3.
Bemelmans survived the qualifications in London. In the first round of the main table, he worked after a five-setter (7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (0/7) and 8-6) past the American Steve Johnson (ATP 42).
It is for our compatriot the sixth participation in the main tournament at Wimbledon. Last year he stumbled his way to the third round.
Bemelmans was not alone: the last matches of the second round at Wimbledon on Wednesday evening were interrupted by the rain and continue on Thursday. The organisers have informed that.
Among others, Marin Cilic (ATP 5) was on the move. The Croat took on Argentine Guido Pella (ATP 82) and won the first two sets (6-3 and 6-1). In the third set, Pella went into the lead with 4-3. Also, the Swiss Stan Wawrinka (ATP 224) was on the grass, and he looked the Italian Thomas Fabbiano (ATP 133) in the eyes.
Fabbiano wrote the first two sets to his name (7-6 (9/7) and 6-3), but Wawrinka battled in the third, who was shut down at a 5-6 and 40-40 score, with storage for the Italian.
In the doubles of the women, two Belgians were active, whose matches in the first set were interrupted and moved. Ysaline Bonaventure led the Dutch Bibiane Schoofs 4-3 (30-30) against the Taiwanese Hao-Ching Chan and the Chinese Zhaoxuan Yang, the seventh seed head.
Elise Mertens and the Dutch Demi Schuurs, the eighth seedhead, were 4-4 (15-40) equal against the Romanian Sorana Cirstea and the Spanish Sara Sorribes Tormo.