Spain’s Ferrer and Almagro knocked out of Wimbledon

France’s Nicolas Mahut knocked off Spain’s David Ferrer, the No. 13 seed, in straight sets, while Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin beat another Spaniard, Nicolas Almagro, in secondround play at Wimbledon on Thursday.

The MahutFerrer match had been suspended due to rain on Wednesday, with the Frenchman up 31.

When play resumed, Mahut got going quickly, rolling to a 61, 64, 63 win.

“I need to improve in all areas. I’m really very far from my level, especially mentally, I can’t see to stay focused during an entire match, there’s not much else I can say,” Ferrer said.

The 34yearold Ferrer, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 2012 and 2013, had beaten Mahut in their only previous meeting, a match at Paris Bercy in 2011 on an indoor court.

Ferrer said in his postmatch press conference that he was not dealing with injuries.

“The problem is that I don’t know what the problem is,” Ferrer said. “I don’t have any strength or a competitive attitude, today and during many matches this year. It’s the reality, there’s no real reason because I’m fine, but I was struggling to compete and that’s something new for me, because it has never happened to me,” Ferrer said.

Istomin, for his part, defeated Almagro 64, 76 (75), 62, pushing his career record against the Spaniard to 60.

Almagro has taken just one set from the Uzbek in their six meetings, which have occurred on all surfaces.

Istomin, whose best Wimbledon result was the round of 16 in 2012, will play Belgium’s David Goffin, who crushed France’s Edouard RogerVasselin 64, 60, 63, in the third round.