Wimbledon 2025 day one: Raducanu eases through, Alcaraz survives huge scare – as it happened

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From our reporters at Wimbledon today.An epic tie-break to end an epic day at SW19, and a set point for Rinderknech.Zverev launches an ace down the line for 7-7.Then another, and Zverev has set point.Not for long.

A big serve cannot be returned.8-8.He does far better next time, and Rinderknech can’t reach the volley.Zverev can serve out.And with a punch of the air, he celebrates levelling it.

And with that, all play is suspended at Wimbledon,Big serving from Rinderknech and Zverev once again has to serve to save himself,He does so, and here comes the tie-break,Zverev wins the first point after a long rally,Rinderknech hits hardest to level it.

He climbs to 3-2 up.But 3-3 follows.Zverev’s serve is looking more solid than it was.Then again, Rinderknech’s serve’s always been decent.And he chases one of his own down to 5-4 with the forehand.

Then comes an error from Zverev at 5-5.A set point on the Rinderknech serve but he can’t control his forehand from the baseline when it skids up.We conclude the night by visiting a match that surely won’t be finished.Zverev must hold his serve to not go two sets down to Rinderknech.It’s 30-0 on the German’s serve.

Now 30-30.Play will stop at the end of this set.Big serve, and it’s 40-30.Next a feathered drop and it’s deuce.Zverev is a troubled soul.

And he coughs up a set point as Rinderknech goes on the offensive, but then misses a backhand.Zverev holds…and it’s 5-5.Well, just as we were ready for a fifth set, and much to Fritz’s annoyance, the game has been stopped, and will be restarted tomorrow.The American is fuming, Perricard is rueful, knowing he could have won it.He set the fastest ever serve at Wimbledon.

The ref is not too popular though there’s a long old bus ride to Southfields and Wimbledon for those left.Last orders in Wimbledon Village, too.Perricard shows he not just a hammer man, he also feathers a drop that sends poor Fritz sprawling.A mini-break lead of 2-1, followed up by an overhead for 3-1.Make that 4-1 with a missile of an ace.

Fritz is blitzed.And then a rally sees Perricard come forward and Fritz slices his drop wide with a chopped backhand.It’s 5-1 and now it’s on the Frenchman’s serve.The first is saved for 5-2.Next, an even better rally where Perricard fails to scrape the ball over the net cord.

5-3, now 5-4.Three serves for Fritz to save himself.He levels it with another chop, down the line.5-5.Wow.

Now it’s 6-5 to Fritz, and Perricard must save himself.Perricard equalises with another missile.What a match.Perricard has the serve.Oh no, a double fault.

Fritz has set point…and takes it.We go to five sets.Perricard’s first return is a beauty but then he messes up his attempt to win a long rally.Next up, one hell of a lob for 15-30.Fritz is all at sea.

Then comes 30-30 after some poor shot selection.And here we are, another tie-break.This is massive.Perricard and Fritz reaches a vital point.It’s 4-5 and Fritz is serving to stay in the match.

Can Perricard work him over? 30-0 says no,So does 40-0,Perricard will now serve to avoid a break,He goes to 30-0, and with a measured backhand, it’s 40-0,But suddenly, Perricard misses a very winnable shot, to hold serve.

Fritz must serve to save himself once more.Zverev and Rinderknech go to a tie-break.It’s a night for a tie-break, the Frenchman having held five break points.Rinderknech takes a 4-1 lead against a stone-faced Zverev, then 5-1.The German is not moving well on the grass.

The Frenchman, by contrast, very much is.And wins a big rally by bullying Zvereb to claim set point with a squawk.Fritz is serving for the third set Can Perricard stop him? Two set points suggest not, and the first is taken.The next set will see the barrage continue.Fritz has a foothold, and it’s 4-3 in the third set, Perricard having been broken earlier in the set but just held his serve.

It’s 4-2 to Zverev against Arthur Rinderknech on Centre Court, under the roof and under the lights.It’s still hot out there.Perricard’s serve is huge, and now Fritz cannot afford to be broken.It’s proper crash-bang-wallop stuff.Fritz’s serve is just as fearsome in holding his serve to love.

1-1 in the third set, the Frenchman is two sets up.Perricard has taken the second set, on a tie-break.Fritz will need a five-setter to make it through.They’re under the roof on Court No 1.There’s still games being played out there.

France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is on Court No 1, and won the first set against Taylor Fritz.The late man on Centre Court is Sasha Zverev, who is taking on Arthur Rinderknech, another Frenchman, under the lights presumably, in the Newsnight slot.That’s Boulter’s fourth defeat of a top ten player, and the smile is broad.“I just felt I had some really good juju going on there.I’m just happy to be in the second round.

I was bricking it, I just tried to compete, hoped she missed.It happened and I am thrilled.This court is the epitome of what every young kid dreams of.I felt like a young girl again.”That’s the shock of the day, and it went the way of a Briton.

What a day it’s been for us in Albion.Big cheers for Katie at 0-15.Even bigger as she reads an overhead and top spins it home for 0-30.Second serve offers up a chance, and three match points.Badosa’s turn to wobble.

The first sees an attempted winner fly wide.Two more to go.The second does the job, a low return cannot be returned.Katie Boulter is through! Centre Court rejoices at a seventh Brit winner of the day.The ninth seed is beaten by the British No 2.

Boulter wobbles at 40-0 up as a double fault and an unforced error shows her tightness.But Badosa nets, and now must serve to stay in the game.Ashlyn Krueger 6-3 6-2 Mika Stojsavljevic is the final score, and the Ealing teenager gave everything against a high-quality opponent.She’ll be back soon, we hope.Henman Hill/Murray Mound/Radacanu Ridge has become Boulter bank.

She’s 4-3 up on Badosa, and two more games will see her cheered to the rafters by the gin n’ pimms massive.At 30-30 there’s a sniff of a chance before a kick serve means she cannot break, and now must hold.New balls are served.Badosa picks up a new racket.From our reporters at Wimbledon today
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