Simply INCREDIBLE.
World No.192 August Holmgren beats No.21 seed Tomas Machac after nearly five hours of play on his first appearance in a Grand Slam main draw.
Just look at what it means to the Dane 🇩🇰
#Wimbledon
🇩🇰 August Holmgren’s wins from a losing position at #Wimbledon so far:
Q
4-6, 1-3 down vs Hussey
4-6, 1-3 down vs Kukushkin
6-4, 6-7, 3-6, 6-6 & 3 MP’s down vs Watanuki
MD
7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 4-5 (0-40 down) vs Machac
The 27 year old reaches the 3d round of a GS on his debut.
Best career win and first top 30 win.
Was 0-1 on Grass before Wimbledon and 1-7 in the last 8 matches.
"Remember when tennis was easy? Five years ago, it was super easy to play tennis. You had a bunch of random people in the Top 50, barely moving. Now this guy [Mensik] is not even Top 10. The **** is that?"
-Alexander Bublik #MMOpen