Marin Cilic Out Of Wimbledon 2018 After Second-Round Loss To Guido Pella

On Wednesay, Marin Cilic was knocked out of Wimbledon 2018 after losing to Argentine Guido Pella in the second round.

Marin Cilic eliminated from Wimbledon

The No. 3 seed Croatian lost 3-6 1-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 to Pella, the unseeded World No. 82. Rain had caused play to momentarily stop at the All England Club on Wednesday night.

Pella had never won a match at Wimbledon the last two times he qualified for the tournament. He will next face American World No. 103 Mackenzie Mcdonald in the third round on Friday.

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Meanwhile, No. 5 seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina defeated Spain’s Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour and 30 minutes. Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, for his part, received a warning for cursing during his straight-sets victory over Robin Haase of the Netherlands. Kyrgios has long behaved controversially during games in major tournaments.

Second-seed Rafael Nadal, the World No. 1, also reached the third round with a 6-4 6-3 6-4 victory over Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin on Thursday, despite having committed two time violations during the match. First, the Spaniard drew a penalty for taking excessive time to change his attire. Then, Nadal was punished again for “overshooting the warmup,” according to BBC Sport. Kukushkin committed 34 unforced errors against Nadal.

“I don’t see a watch here. I don’t see that countdown,” Nadal told BBC. “It’s more difficult for me to understand what’s going on. In Australia and Roland Garros, we have the watch here that we can manage to be under control.”

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The two-time Wimbledon champion will next play Australian teenager Alex de Minaur in round 3.

On the women’s side, Serena Williams will next face 25-year-old Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic in a third-round match on Friday.

Article by Pablo Mena