The Jaspreet Bumrah led team suffered a double whammy as they suffered a smashing by the hands of England in the Edgerton Test and were docked points for slow overrate.
In his first grand slam quarter-final, Cameron Norris extracted his best David Goff to win in the fifth set (3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5) and set up a quarter-final against the men’s singles Wimbledon defending champion, Novak Djokovic.
After trailing by two sets to one on No 1 Court, the 26-year-old recovered and beat his Belgian opponent in the final two to reach the first grand slam semi-final of his career.
“I think just winning a match like this, I’m in shock. I don’t know what to say now,” he said.
“I have flashbacks of all the hard work and all the sacrifices I have had to make it’s definitely paid off, and it feels pretty good.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Novak Djokovic had also won against Jannie Sinner in the fifth set, besting the Italian 5-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in his quarter-final.
The Serbian orchestrated a comeback after losing the first two sets and will be the favorite going into the semi-final against his British opponent. The world number one further extended his unbeaten run on the grass court since 2013.
“He was the better player for two sets,” Djokovic said post match.
“I had a little refreshment off court [between sets], a toilet break and a little pep talk in the mirror…it’s actually true. Sometimes, when not much is happening positively for you on the court in terms of tennis and the other guy is dominating, these things are necessary.”
Rojas to miss long jump World Championships after incorrect shoes in qualifying
The back-to-back triple jump world champion surpassed the long jump qualifying standard in June but was wearing triple jump shoes, which are not allowed in the event.
“Ms Rojas had intended to compete in the long jump after this event, with approved shoes, to qualify for the World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022, but injury prevented this,” World Athletics said in a statement.
Cricketer of Sri Lanka:
The sport of cricket has become a welcome distraction for a Sri Lankan looking for a break from the effects of the economic crisis in the country — long lines to buy fuel and cooking gas and school and work disrupted because there is little access to public transport.
“There is no happiness for children, and we can’t provide what the child needs. When we watch this (cricket) it brings a mental healing,” added Nilantha, whose livelihood in the tourism sector has been disrupted after arrivals fell with the energy crisis.
The cricket-crazed South Asian island nation is facing its worst economic crisis in recent memory, enduring acute shortages of food, fuel and medicine. The government has shut schools and universities and has limited fuel supplies.
“Yes there is a problem in the country, people have become poor and helpless with all kinds of problems. We have been living a monotonous life and sometimes spent five, six, seven days in fuel lines,” said smith Nilantha, who watched the first test between Sri Lanka and Australia with his 10-year-old son last week in the southern city of Gayle.
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