Hope to join Jack Draper’s list of homemade Wimbledon champions was escaped in an epic way by Marine Syrick on Thursday.
The defeat means that Draper’s record of failing to achieve it past the second round of his home grand slam will last another year.
“It’s obviously really upsetting. It’s probably one of the toughest losses I feel. I thought Silick had an incredible match from start to finish. Yeah, he deserved a victory.
The Draper exit guarantees that Wimbledon this year will have the least seeds in the third round of Grand Slam since it launched at Wimbledon in 2001, leaving up to 28 left over male and female draws with each ESPN survey.
Cilic is playing for Wimbledon for the first time since 2021 after undergoing two knee surgeries over the past two years.
However, his big serve and ground strokes are proven by securing his first career victory over a player ranked in the grass after his 16 aces and 53 total winners are 53 winners against Draper.
“My feelings are incredible. When I was two years ago, I can’t even explain. It was a long journey, but I never lost doubt,” emotional cilia told a single crowd.
“It was a long Test period and it was a huge challenge for me to go back and play at this level in this part of my career.
“It’s hard to believe you playing against Jack in front of this crowd, so I would like to thank you all for your incredible sportsmanship. I just hope you feel good and keep playing well.”
With Cameron Norry already in the third round, he was excited that there could be five British men in the third round of Wimbledon since 1962.
When Evans, Ferry and Pinnington Jones collapse immediately on the roadside, the fantasy was crushed, and fans were convinced that the world number four would give them something to celebrate.
The screaming crowd certainly played their part by digging out the drapers from the dark 0-40 holes of the eighth game.
But all the deafening screams and partisan court cheers crowds failed to save them from losing five games in the trot from 4-4 in the first set.
That sequence passed Cilic to the first set, with the Croats producing a service return of sc fever at setpoint, surged to a second 3-0 lead.
It was enough to give the world number 83 Cilic two sets of cushioning.
He appeared to be relaxed from the third throttle to raise hopes for a Draper comeback, but the British left-hander knew he was in trouble when he had to save two breakpoints on 4-3 down in the fourth set.
Draper dragged a backhand cross court widely after a 19-shot rally, considering the Croatians have not won consecutive matches on the Main Tour for the past nine months.
Cilic meets Jaume Munar from Spain at the fourth round location.
The report used information from Reuters and the Associated Press.
