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Kyle Edmund has made his way into the press room and is refusing to blame that slip in the third set for his defeat, instead suggesting he didn’t have the stamina to prevail in five sets:
When I slipped my leg straightened, in that moment I felt something. I was able to play on. It was a long match, a physical match. I should have finished it at two sets to love and a break, but I physically tapered off. The [injury] didn’t hold me back. I need to get physically stronger.
Normal service is resumed on Centre Court: Djokovic takes the first set 6-3 despite winning only one of the last four games. Elsewhere Felix Auger-Aliassime leads once again, winning the third set to go 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 up against Corentin Moutet; Caroline Wozniacki, last year’s Australian Open champion, has edged a competitive first set, taking it 7-5 in the tie-break against Veronika Kudermetova; and Kevin Anderson has decided to step things up a gear or two. Having taken nearly two hours for the first two sets, he’s ripping through the third, leading 6-4, 6-7 (5), 4-1, with Cori Gauff to follow on the No 2 Court. Though if Wozniacki were to get things done in two sets, would Gauff be moved to No 1 to give her a better chance of finishing tonight?
Written by Katy Murrells at Wimbledon
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