London, July 1 (). Ziju Bergz faced the challenge of Ugo Humbert for the second time in less than 48 hours. This time the match took place in the first round of men’s singles at the All-England Club in Wimbledon, in which he repeated his victory in the Eastbourne final on Sunday.
Burgess got off to a great start against the No. 27 seed. When Humbert tried to mount a comeback, Berges held on and won 6-2, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 on Court 17 on Tuesday. The Belgian had defeated Humbert after losing the first set in the Eastbourne final on Sunday.
The win was also special because world No. 37 Berge began his campaign in Eastbourne after losing six consecutive matches at the tour-level. This series of defeats had been going on since mid-April.
After winning that title, they have now won six consecutive matches. He will look to continue this streak when he plays against world No. 98 qualifier Jaime Faria of Portugal.
In another first-round match on Tuesday, Otto Virtanen battled back to pull off the biggest upset of the 2026 Wimbledon on Tuesday afternoon. He stunned fourth seed Ben Shelton by saving a match point in a thrilling five-set first round match.
Virtanen, the No. 140 player in the PIF ATP rankings, won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(8), 6-2, 7-6(11-9) in a match that lasted four hours and 21 minutes on Court No. 2. The Finn saved a match point at 8/9 in a decisive 10-point tie-break and then won his first match point after Shelton’s forehand shot went wide.
This win against world No. 5 Shelton was the biggest win of Virtanen’s career in terms of the PIF ATP Rankings. Before this he had not defeated any top-20 player. Virtanen, once the world number 91 player, made it to the main draw of Wimbledon for the second time by passing the qualifying round in Roehampton last week. The 25-year-old Virtanen will face world number 114 Arthur Ferry in the second round at the All England Club. The home player had earlier defeated Damir Dzumur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.
—
rsg
