Djokovic into 2nd round, Juan del Potro wins

Former champion Novak Djokovic needed just 40 minutes to reach the second round at Wimbledon after Martin Klizan retired in the second set. Djokovic, the second seed, led 6-3 2-0 when the Slovakian called it a day because of a calf injury. Th e Serb, 30, goes on to face Czech Adam Pavlasek in the second round on Th ursday.

‘”You never like to end up a match this way but I heard that Klizan had issues even before walking on the court,” said Djokovic. “You could see he wasn’t moving. Once the ball was a couple of feet away from him, he let it go.”

Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic, last year’s runner-up, saw off Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 (7-5) 6-2 7-6 (7-4) in his opening match. Juan Martin del Potro overcame a battling Th anasi Kokkinakis to seal a 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 victory Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette underwent a medical at Arsenal on Tuesday with a view to a £44 million move, British media reported.

Th e deal should be completed before Arsene Wenger’s squad fl ies to Australia on Sunday and will be for a club-record fee, beating the £42.5 million Arsenal paid Real Madrid for Mesut Ozil in 2013. Lacazette’s arrival is Wenger’s fi rst piece of signifi cant business in the transfer window and follows the promise from chief-executive Ivan Gazidis last week that “top quality” summer signings would arrive this summer.

Arsenal are now likely to end their widely reported interest in Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe. Lacazette’s signing could also mean the departure from Arsenal of another French international, Olivier Giroud, who struggled to hold down a fi rst-team place last season. For Lacazette, 26, the move to London represents a return to the ground where he began his professional career seven years ago, playing for Lyon against Celtic in an Emirates Cup match.

Since then he has developed into one of Europe’s most prolifi c strikers, scoring 129 goals in 275 then after that, when I have already relaxed, that’s when I will think hard about it.” Immediately after the fi ght, Pacquiao had said he wanted a rematch with Horn. Pacquiao’s wife, Jinkee, and his trainer, Freddie Roach, had said they would advise him to quit boxing after a phenomenal 22-year professional career in which he won world titles in an unprecedented eight weight divisions.

Pacquiao briefl y retired from boxing last year to pursue his longheld political ambitions and was elected senator. But he quickly made a successful comeback against Jessie Vargas in November, saying he still felt like a youngster. and reach the second round. Th e Argentine 29th seed eased to the fi rst set before turning his ankle in the second as the 21-yearold Australian took advantage to level.

A poor tie-break from Kokkinakis handed Del Potro an otherwise even third set. Kokkinakis then saved six match points in the fi nal game of the fourth set but Del Potro, 28, fi nally came through. Th e former US Open champion will face Ernests Gulbis in round two after the unseeded Latvian beat the Dominican Republic’s Victor Estrella Burgos 6-1 6-1 6-2.

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