Izuchukwu Okosi
Play at the Wimbledon court will resume Friday afternoon as Andy Murray continues his Wimbledon match against Stefanos Tsitsipas after the 36-year-old produced a stunning comeback under the lights Thursday night.
The match was suspended because of the 11pm curfew in London.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe two-time Wimbledon champion was staring at an early elimination as an inspired Tsitsipas took the opening set on a tiebreak, but Murray roared back to win the crucial second-set decider.
With the momentum behind him, Murray broke the fifth seed early in the third and stood with three set points after finding a solid level behind his serve.
Despite slipping on set point and appearing to injure his groin, Murray was able to take the lead in the match as Tsitsipas fired long in what was a frenzied atmosphere under the lights.
The curfew was called at the end of the third set and Murray will resume on Friday afternoon with the 36-year-old just needing to win one more set to reach the third round.
Meanwhile as at the time of this report, an upset is developing on Court 1 as Aryna Sabalenka finds herself a set down against Russia’s Varvar Gracheva. Sabalenka had 16 unforced errors in the first set compared to Gracheva’s eight.
She struggled with her serve and will need to recover quickly in order to get through this match.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
