Nishikori wins; Bencic, Ferrer exit
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JAPANESE fifth seed Kei Nishikori struggled into the Wimbledon third round yesterday while Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic and Spanish veteran David Ferrer exited as the All England Club played catch-up after a rain-lashed two days.
Nishikori saw off France’s world No. 547 Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Centre Court and goes on to meet Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov.
“I started playing more aggressive and more solid,” said the 26-year-old Nishikori who has never got beyond the Wimbledon fourth round.
“It wasn’t an easy match. He started well so it was a great match for me.”
Nineteen-year-old Bencic became the highest-ranked casualty at Wimbledon when the seventh seed retired from her second-round match against American qualifier Julia Boserup.
Bencic was 4-6, 0-1 down on Court Three to the world No. 225 who is making her grand slam debut. The Swiss, who missed the claycourt season with a back injury, had only completed her first round match late on Wednesday and struggled yesterday with what appeared to be a wrist problem.
Boserup, 24, goes on to face Andrea Petkovic of Germany or Russia’s Elena Vesnina for a place in the last 16.
Spain’s David Ferrer, the 13th seed, lost to fellow 34-year-old Nicolas Mahut of France 1-6, 4-6, 3-6.
Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic, regarded as a dark horse, brushed past Italy’s Andreas Seppi 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2.
Raonic, a semifinalist in 2014, next faces Jack Sock of the United States. Sock’s compatriot Sam Querrey, the 28th seed, eased past Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 for the dubious honor of facing defending champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the last 16.
Britain’s Dan Evans also booked a date to remember when his 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-1 win over Ukrainian 30th seed Aleksandr Dolgopolov handed him a third-round clash with seven-time champion Roger Federer.
Later, world No. 2 Andy Murray was taking center stage when the 2013 champion faced Chinese Taipei’s Lu Yen-hsun.
Sixty singles matches were scheduled for yesterday after only 90 minutes of action was possible on the outside courts on Wednesday.
In an indication of the battering the schedule had taken, the first round was only completed just before 1pm when Barbora Strycova beat Anett Kontaveit.
Five-time women’s champion Venus Williams of the US ignored her exile to Court 18 to battle past Greek qualifier Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
Williams, the 36-year-old eighth seed, next plays Russian 29th seed Darya Kasatkina for a place in the last 16.
German fourth seed and Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber beat Varvara Lepchenko of the US 6-1, 6-4.
There were also second-round wins for Romanian fifth seed Simona Halep and ninth-seeded American, Madison Keys.
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