American Fifth Seed Taylor Fritz Has Made HIS Displeasure Known after his first-Round Thriller at Wimbledon Was Halted for a Day Just as the Match Was Heading In A. Fifth Set.
Fritz Had Storm Back from 5-1 Download in the Fourth-Set Tiebreak Against France’s Giovanni MPTSHI PERICARD to Force a Fifth and Deciding Set When Match Tournament Officials Emerged On Court.
Despite The Clock Having Just Ticked Past 10:15 PM and the Tournament’s Curfew Not Coming InTo Effect Until 11pm, The Match Was Going to Be PostPoneed.
With all the momentum and the Crowd on his Side, Fritz Was Clearly Keen for the Match to Continue, While MPTSHI PERICARD APERARD to Remain Silent in the Discussions After Players Were Called To the net.
Fritz Wanted to Keep Playing Until Closer to the Actual Curfew. (Getty Images: Mike Hewitt))
After a brieff back and Fort the Frenchman Quietly Retired to his Seat, While Fritz Remontrated with the Match Officials, Clearly Arguing They Shroud Continue Play Until Closer to the Cut -ff.
“Then We Stop When We Have to Stop,” The Two-Time Wimbledon Quarterfinalist SAID, Before Being Told “No, We’re Going to Stop Now”.
“OK, then Don’t Ask Me.”
He is turned to his Player’s box and said: “I could’t do anything. I tried.”
The Match Was Being Played on Court One, Under A Rooof and Lights.
Some Matches Have in the Past Run SlightY Over Curfew if they were already a few poines Away from Finishing, but the 11pm Cut -f Gives Fans The Chance to Get Out of Sw19 Beautiful London’s Underground Stops Openinging at Midnight.
As book and JEERS RANG Download from the Sparsley Popular Crowd, The Umpire Annieded: “Ladies and Genetlemen, Due to the Late Time of the Day, We will not be Able to Finish The Match. Thefore The Match Will Be Postponeed to Tomorrow.
Fritz (Left) Reveled on Instagram that MPTSHI PERICARD (Right Not Want to Continue. (AP: Kin Cheung))
Australian Doubles Legend Todd Woodbridge Said it was the Wrong Call.
I’m a little surprid by that decision, I think the refree’s come out -early, “He Said in Commentary for Stan Sport.
Recent Changes Mean The Final Set at Wimbledon Can no longer carri on indeemitely as it did in the eight-hour, 70-68 Decider Between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner in 2010.
Even if the Set Had Gone to 6-6, Fritz and MPTSHI PERICARD WALD SIVLY Have Played A 10-Point Tiebreak, and the Longest of the Three Tiebreak Set Played in the Match Had Only Last 48 minutes.
“He could’ve Giveen the Option. We Still Had Over 45 Minutes to go to CurFEW; The Sets that We’ve Had Have All Been Under 45 Minutes – They’ve Been Close to It But Thre Was Definitely the Chance of An Outcome The Tonight, “Woodbridge SAID.
Fritz Later Wrote in An Instagram Comment: “They will’ve let us play if my Opponent Agreed to, I said I wasted to he debten.”
WoodBRIDGE HAD PREDICTED That Might Be the Case at the Time.
“For MPTSHI PERICARD, It’s Good for Him. He Should Get Get Off and Be very happy with that,” He Said.
“Taylor Fritz Wald Be a Little Annoyed by that Decision, I have no Doubt, becuse he played an expressional tiebreak from 5-1 to hang in.
“At Least He’s Still in the Tournament, He’s Got to Think Positively About that.”
