Overview

• The chair umpire stopped play with the score tied at two sets apiece, setting up a deciding fifth set on Tuesday under the closed No. 1 Court roof.
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard unleashed a 153 mph serve to establish a new Wimbledon tournament record, eclipsing the previous 148 mph mark.
• Perricard won the first two sets in tiebreaks, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (8), before Taylor Fritz rallied to claim the next two, 6-4, 7-6 (6).
• Together the players fired 57 aces and faced minimal break-point opportunities in a serve-dominated duel under artificial lights.
• Fritz’s visible frustration and boos from the Court No. 1 crowd highlighted tensions over the premature suspension of play.