WIMBLEDON, England — Like the main human characters in “Planet of the Apes,” tennis fans might have trouble recognizing the world they return to Friday when play reverts to the bottom half of the draw, the same half that was devastated by the exits of Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, among others, on Wednesday. Rain late Thursday prevented the start of one of the Day 4 picks, Alison Riske vs. Urszula Radwanska, so that remains a suggestion for Day 5. The second-round match between Grega Zemlja and Grigor Dimitrov, which was halted by rain with Zemlja leading, 9-8, in the fifth set, is a good bet for entertainment, especially if Sharapova returns to the stands to support...
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