{"id":1312140,"date":"2019-07-05T11:56:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/2018-wimbledon-runner-up-kevin-anderson-loses-in-3rd-round\/"},"modified":"2019-07-05T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:56:01","slug":"2018-wimbledon-runner-up-kevin-anderson-loses-in-3rd-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/2018-wimbledon-runner-up-kevin-anderson-loses-in-3rd-round\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Wimbledon runner-up Kevin Anderson loses in 3rd round"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Africa’s Kevin Anderson returns to Argentina’s Guido Pella in a Men’s singles match during day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 5, 2019. (AP Photo\/Ben Curtis)<\/strong>
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WIMBLEDON, England \u2014 Last year\u2019s runner-up at Wimbledon came up against the same player who eliminated the previous runner-up at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

He lost, too.<\/p>\n

Fourth-seeded Kevin Anderson, a tall South African who lost to Novak Djokovic in last year\u2019s final, was beaten by 26th-seeded Guido Pella 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Friday on Centre Court in the third round.<\/p>\n

Pella beat 2017 Wimbledon runner-up Marin Cilic in the second round last year \u2014 after losing the opening two sets. The 29-year-old Argentine will be playing in the fourth round at a major tournament for the first time when he faces 2016 Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic.<\/p>\n

Anderson converted only one of his nine break points against Pella.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made life really difficult for me, I felt. He moves really, really well,\u201d said Anderson, who is 6-foot-8 (2.03 meters) and has one of the best serves on tour. \u201cI felt I had a pretty hard time keeping him on defense, finishing out the points. When I was able to do that, I had the most success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could have probably served a little bit better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raonic, who lost to Andy Murray in the 2016 Wimbledon final, reached the fourth round by beating unseeded American Reilly Opelka 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-1.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-11 (2.11-meter) Opelka was making his Wimbledon debut and knocked out three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka in the second round.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s draw, two former No. 1s advanced to the fourth round and another two lost in the third round.<\/p>\n

Third-seeded Karolina Pliskova defeated Hsieh Su-wei 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, while 14th-seeded Caroline Wozniacki lost to Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-2. In a match between two former top-ranked players, Simona Halep beat Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-1 on Centre Court.<\/p>\n

Wozniacki was leading 4-0 in the first set and also broke Zhang in the opening game of the second before losing four straight games. The Dane repeatedly grew frustrated with the result of Hawk-Eye challenges, complaining to the chair umpire on several occasions that the calls made by the review system were wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought there was a few ones that I saw way differently,\u201d Wozniacki said. \u201cBut it is what it is. You can\u2019t really change a Hawk-Eye call.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe it was right. I just saw it differently.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later Friday, Coco Gauff will be the headline act on Centre Court at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Not bad for a 15-year-old in her first Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n

The American will play the last match of the day at the All England Club\u2019s biggest stadium when she faces Polona Hercog of Slovenia, another unseeded player.<\/p>\n

Gauff has quickly become a star at the grass-court major championship.<\/p>\n

She beat five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the first round and 2017 semifinalist Magdalena Rybarikova in the second.<\/p>\n

Another exciting teenager, 18-year-old Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, will also try to reach the fourth round when he takes on Ugo Humbert on No. 1 Court.<\/p>\n

Defending men\u2019s champion Novak Djokovic was facing Hubert Hurkacz in that arena.<\/p>\n

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