While You Were Asleep: Murray, Raducanu bow out of Wimbledon, rain performs spoilsport in Taunton as England lead vs SA

John Isner beat dwelling favourite Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-4, knocking the Brit out of Wimbledon on the Centre Court on Wednesday.

Murray tried his finest to push the American, who is 2 years older than him however couldn’t conjure his magic on the grass courtroom.

“I’ve played many times against those players and found ways to make enough returns to turn the matches, whether that’s been against Karlovic, Isner, Raonic, those sorts of guys,” Murray stated afterwards. “But tonight he was very close to the lines in important moments.”

37-year outdated Isner praised his 35-year outdated competitor submit match, stating the win as his largest ever.

Leaving us with a second of trademark @andy_murray brilliance to savour 👏#Wimbledon #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/C1rlwjyjLx

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2022

“It’s no secret that I am not a better tennis player than Andy, but I may have been a little bit better today,” stated Isner. “This was one of the biggest wins of my career.”

Another massive identify bowing out of the grand slam was Emma Raducanu. The 19-year outdated misplaced to Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-3.

There have been doubts relating to Raducanu’s marketing campaign as she had missed your entire pre-Wimbledon grass-court season after struggling a facet pressure throughout her first-round match in Nottingham.

Until subsequent time, Andy 👋#Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/QJToZQzW8d

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2022

“I didn’t feel anything out there,” she stated submit match.”

“I declared myself fully fit when I walked out onto the court on the first day. But I’ve played seven hours of tennis in a month. To even compete with these girls at this level and win a round I think is a pretty good achievement.”

Game, set and match – @CaroGarcia!

The Frenchwoman proves too sturdy for Emma Raducanu, profitable 6-3, 6-3 #Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/2fIL3GjSFi

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2022

The British worldwide additional stated her US Open title win hadn’t added any stress on her.

“There’s no pressure. Like, why is there any pressure? I’m still 19. Like, it’s a joke. I literally won a slam,” Raducanu stated.

Rain performs spoilsport on day 3 as England lead

The climate gods weren’t any type on the third day of the South Africa vs England Test in Taunton as the sport was halted a number of instances with England nonetheless within the lead.

Earlier, Nat Sciver started the day for England together with Sophie Ecclestone new to the crease. The English all-rounder, who had already scored 100 on the second day, went on to 169* off 263 balls.

🚫 DAY 3 | STUMPS

Two vital rain breaks put a damper on proceedings because the #MomentumProteas finish the day on 55/3, nonetheless trailing by an extra 78 runs
#ENGvSA #AlwaysRising #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/V6TLrT5Fqm

— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) June 29, 2022

The hosts would declare at 417. Debutant Issy Wong and Kate Cross the took over the proceedings with the ball as South Africa struggled at 55/3. 20-year outdated Wong, who had dismissed Laura Wolvaardt within the first innings, acquired her within the second as effectively. All of the motion from the day stitched in several phases owing to the showers.