Tuesday’s Top 7 Matches: Rublev and Safiullin at Wimbledon 1/4, Cherchesov starts in Champions League qualifying
Mikhail Georgiev Jul 10, 2023 21:00 UTC Audio Version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
The interesting thing about the sport on July 11: the first quarterfinals of the TBSH in London and the start of qualifying for the Champions League.
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Program in summary:
🎾 15:00*: Jessica Pegula (USA) – Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic), Wimbledon, 1/4 Final 🎾 15:30*: Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Iga Swiatek (Poland), Wimbledon, 1 /4 final 🎾 16:30*: Roman Safiullin (Russia) – Yannick Sinner (Italy), Wimbledon, 1/4 final 🎾 17:00*: Andrey Rublev (Russia) – Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Wimbledon, 1 / Final 4 ⚽️ 18:00: Urartu – Zrinjski, Champions League, first qualifying round – first leg ⚽️ 19:45: KI Klaksvik – Ferencvaros, Champions League, first qualifying round – first leg ⚽️ 21: 45: Partizani – BATE, Champions League, first qualifying round – First leg
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🎾 15:00*: Jessica Pegula (United States) – Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic), Wimbledon, 1/4 final
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Mystery: who will be the first Wimbledon semifinalist?
The third Grand Slam tournament of the season is slowly reaching its climax. Tuesday will be the first day of the quarterfinals. In the first match to reach the semifinals, the American Jessica Pegula and the Czech Marketa Vondrousova will play. Seeded in London under the fourth number, Jessica is the favorite of the match, but the 24-year-old Czech is quite capable of surprising.
Jessica Pégula
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🎾 15:30*: Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Iga Swiatek (Poland), Wimbledon, 1/4 final
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: will the Ukrainian stop the world’s first racket?
Elina Svitolina, who plays in the capital of England as a wild card, in the fourth round match, the only one in the championship tie-break, broke the resistance of the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. Now Elina awaits a new test for the first racket in the world Pole Iga Sviontek. The winner of the last “Roland Garros” in the previous round won twice the match points from Belinda Bencic and reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time. Who will be stronger in the next match?
Iga Sviontek
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🎾 4:30 p.m.*: Roman Safiullin (Russia) – Yannick Sinner (Italy), Wimbledon, 1/4 final
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Roman Safiullin continue to surprise in London?
Roman Safiullin, 25, made his career debut at Wimbledon ranked 92nd in the world racket. But the Russian’s performance in London has already become a breakthrough. A native of Podolsk won four victories in a row, for the first time in his life he reached the quarterfinals at the Grand Slam tournament. Will Roman be able to create another sensation and stop the eighth seed of this tournament, Yannick Sinner?
Roman Safiullin
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🎾 17:00*: Andrey Rublev (Russia) – Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Wimbledon, 1/4 final
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Andrei Rublev stop the Serbian car?
The last loss at Wimbledon was in 2017. The last loss on Center Court at Wimbledon was in 2013. The current winning streak at this tournament is 32 matches (the third result in history). Novak Djokovic, 36, approaches the quarterfinals with Andrey Rublev with an absolutely phenomenal performance. Will the Russian tennis player be able to work a miracle and find a recipe to defeat the Serbian phenomenon?
andrei rublev
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⚽️ 18:00: Urartu – Zrinjski, Champions League, first qualifying round – first leg
Mystery: can Dmitry Gunko’s team advance to the next round?
Urartu is the champion of Armenia in the 2022/2023 season. Now the team starts in the selection for the Champions League. In the first round, Urartu will have a two round confrontation with the Bosnian Zrinjski. For a Russian fan, the meeting is interesting not only because of Gunko. As part of “Urartu” there are seven Russians. These are goalkeepers Alexander Melikhov and Dmitry Abakumov, midfielders Pavel Mogilevets and Oleg Polyakov, winger Artyom Maksimenko, as well as forwards Leon Sabua and Temur Jikia. Even in the absence of Russian clubs in the Champions League, we have someone to cheer for!
“Urartu”
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⚽️ 19:45: KI Klaksvik – Ferencváros, Champions League, first qualifying round – first leg
Intrigue: the beginning of the road to the main round of the Champions League for Stanislav Cherchesov’s team.
Enter the current Hungarian champion, Ferencvaros. In the first qualifying round, Stanislav Cherchesov’s team had a relatively simple opponent – KI Klaksvik from the Faroe Islands. But Ferencváros still cannot relax. It is necessary to create a comfortable lead in the first game away from home. The last time the Hungarian club played in the group stage of the Champions League was in the 2020/2021 season. Now Ferencvaros under the leadership of Cherchesov will try to return to the main stage.
Stanislav Cherchesov in Ferencvaros
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⚽️ 21:45: Partizani – BATE Borisov, Champions League, first qualifying round – first leg
Intrigue: BATE will try to get back into the group stage of the Champions League.
The 2022 Belarusian Championship ended with Shakhtar Soligorsk winning, Energetik-BGU taking second place and BATE finishing third. But due to the organization of fixed matches, Shakhtar was deprived of the title of champion, and Energetik-BGU – silver. BATE was not recognized as the winner of the championship, but provided a ticket to the Champions League. Thus, the Borisov club will try to get into the main round for the first time since the 2015/2016 season. The first opponent is the Albanian Partizani.
BATE was not recognized as the winner of the championship, but they gave a ticket to the Champions League
Photo: FC BATE
