Daniell and Oswald lose epic second round match at Wimbledon

Saturday, 03 July 2021

 The last remaining New Zealand representative is out of the men’s doubles at Wimbledon.

Marcus Daniell and his Austrian partner Philipp Oswald have lost an epic three set match Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Tomislav Brkic and Serbia’s Nikola Cacic.

In a match where Daniell and Oswald won two more points than their opponents, they succumbed 6-1 3-6 13-12, losing the tie break 8-6. The match took 2 hours and 52 minutes.

Daniell is still in the mixed doubles and plays with Canada’s Sharon Fichman. Fellow Kiwi Michael Venus and his partner Angel Chan have pulled out of the mixed doubles.

More News

Erin Routliffe taking time to soak in second US Op...

Sunday, 07 September 2025

A couple of days after the noise of New York, Erin Routliffe is back in Toronto,...

Routliffe cements place in NZ tennis history with ...

Friday, 05 September 2025

Erin Routliffe has struck gold in New York again, winning the US Open women’s do...

Michael Venus And Yuki Brambri's Incredible US Ope...

Thursday, 04 September 2025

Michael Venus and partner Yuki Brambri lost their hard-fought semi-final at the ...