Blue sky and white clouds meadows, everything is just right. Just as the winner greets the audience with a smile.
On the afternoon of July 3, British local time, the All England Club Centre Court took the lead in welcoming the appearance of 26 former champions, which is the commemoration ceremony of the 100th anniversary of Wimbledon Centre Court, the biggest name in this celebration, and the most surprising thing is the appearance of the eight-time champion Swiss king Federer, a sentence "I hope to be able to stand here again" also makes people look forward to next year's Wimbledon.
The first match after the centenary celebration was presented by British homegrown heather Watson and German dark horse Jul Niemeer, a fourth-round game in the Women's Singles of Wimbledon, with Wimbledon Centre Court playing the first game on Sunday of the first week, ending with the German winning 6-2, 6-4, and Nimmer advancing to the quarterfinals.
Centre Court, which can accommodate up to 15,000 spectators, is now packed, and many British fans are waiting for Watson, the only remaining native player in the 2022 women's singles signing table, to reach wimbledon's quarterfinals for the first time, facing such a home advantage, Niemeyer withstood the pressure and made a strong breakthrough into the quarterfinals, while waiting for her in the quarterfinals was her compatriot Tatyana Maria, who also made her first comeback after childbirth this year to reach the quarterfinals, which was her 9th Wimbledon main tournament trip. 35th Grand Slam main tournament tour.
Now ranked 97th in the world, Niemeyer, Wimbledon 2022 is her second Grand Slam main tour and her first Wimbledon main tournament trip. Before coming to Wimbledon, Niemele's grass record was 5 wins and 4 losses, including last year's Wimbledon qualifying round long set loss to the Netherlands' Kohovi, who lost to top seed Svatek in three sets in the second round as a lucky loser this year. Niemele beat Chinese player Wang Xiyu, second-seeded Kantawirt and Ukrainian actress Tsurzurenk in the first three rounds, making her first fourth round of a Grand Slam.
And Watson, ranked 121st, this is her 12th Wimbledon regular trip, before her best result was only three third rounds in 12, 15 and 17 years, of which Watson and that year champion Serena Williams also fought in three sets on Center Court, losing 5-7 in the decider. But at Wimbledon in 22 years, Watson seized the opportunity to advance to the round of 16 for the first time, beating German Kopac, China's Golden Flower King Rose and Croatia's Yuwan in three rounds.
The game didn't go as smoothly as the score suggested, with the first set going through a 2-2 trial of each other, and Niemeer, who was in better shape, also took over the first set after playing a cheering cross ball; Watson was not willing to lose in the second set, and took the lead at the beginning to take a 2-0 lead with a break, but Niemeyer stabilized his mind in time, and two breaks in the third and seventh sets laid the foundation for himself to win the game and finally won the game 6-4.
Nimeyer, who finished the match at the third match point, threw down the racket, took off the wrist guard, walked to the net and hugged his opponent, enjoying the cheers and applause of the winners.
"Not bad for her Wimbledon debut", was the congratulations sent by the WTA officer to Niemele for winning the match, which was a good debut for a player who made his debut at Wimbledon. In a post-match interview, Niemele also said, "I just want to say I'm sorry, I had to eliminate an English player today. The crowd on Center Court, which almost filled 15,000 people, also responded with encouraging applause.
In the future we hope to see the German girl on more and bigger occasions, maybe just a few days later at the All England club's Centre Court? Tomorrow, let's continue to see how the girl from Dortmund, Germany, will perform, Jule Neimeier, come on!
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