South Africa’s Kevin Anderson made light work of Pierre-Hugues Herbert in his first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday.
The South African, who had played only three tour-level events this year before arriving at the grass court grand slam due to an elbow injury, moved around a sun-kissed Court Three with ease to dispatch doubles specialist Herbert 6-3, 6-4 and 6-2.
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The straight-sets win would have come as a huge relief to fourth seed Anderson considering Herbert appeared to be in fine form on grass having reached his first tour-level semifinal on the surface at the Halle warm-up tournament.
Herbert can now look forward to getting more vocal support from the local fans as he will be back on court alongside Andy Murray this week, with the duo bidding to win the men’s doubles title as the Briton continues his recovery from hip surgery.