Africa-Press – Angola. Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion, criticized, through social networks, Novak Djokovic, who argued that the organization of the Wimbledon tournament was wrong to ban the participation of Russian and Belarusian tennis players.
Russian athletes who do not condemn Putin’s war of extermination in Ukraine are supporting him with their silence. The fact that a Serb fails to do so is especially inappropriate given history,” the Russian wrote.
Estoril Open
Dominic Thiem fell in the first round of the Estoril Open, giving in twice to Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (58th), 3-6 and 6-7 (9-11), in what was only the Austrian’s third game in 2022 after a long break due to injury.
On a day when João Sousa also left the scene, giving in to Argentine Sebastián Baez, note for the eliminations of the American Tommy Paul and the triumph of Sebastian Korda over the French Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral’s doubles match against Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek was suspended due to lack of natural light, with 6-4 and 3-6 on the scoreboard.
On the other hand, the organization announced, this Tuesday, the withdrawal of Diego Schwartzman. The Argentine, 15th in the ATP ranking and second seed in the tournament, claimed “fatigue” to leave the Portuguese tournament, after reaching the semi-finals of the Barcelona tournament at the weekend, where he lost to Carreño. -Bust.
Schwartzman’s seat will be filled by Fernando Verdasco. The Spaniard, lucky loser, will advance directly to the second round as the Argentine was entitled to a bye.
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