2023-07-08 19:04:50
The number 1 in world tennis, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, surpassed the first week at Wimbledon and equaled his best historical performance in the third Grand Slam of the year after beating Chilean Nicolás Jarry (28th) with difficulty 6/3, 6/7 , 6/3 and 7/5 in almost four hours.
“It has been really hard. Already in Rio it was hard (in the semifinals, won in February by Alcaraz by 6/7, 7/5 and 6/0), so I am happy to advance and to have received so much energy from the public”, declared the Spaniard, who hopes by the German Alexander Zverev (21st) or the Italian Matteo Berrettini (38th), finalist in 2021.
The 20-year-old from Murcia, the main threat to break the reign of Serbian Novak Djokovic -consecutive four-time champion-, compared to last year’s campaign in which he was defeated by Italian Jannik Sinner in the round of 16.
With one more victory, the current holder of the US Open will achieve his best production in three presentations on the pitch of the All England Club.
Others advancing at Wimbledon
The third seed, Russian Daniil Medvedev, also leveled his best performance in London with a victory over Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 4/6, 6/3, 6/4 and 6/4. In the fourth round, which he reached in 2021, he will face the Czech Jiri Lehecka.
The executioner of the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo in this edition qualified to the round of 16 in a four-hour battle against the American Tommy Paul 6/2, 7/6, 6/7, 6/7 and 6/2.
Hungarian Marton Fucsovics congratulates Daniil Medvedev on his victory on the All England Club pitch. (AP)
For his part, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th) eliminated the Serbian Laslo Djere (60) 6/4, 7/6, 6/4 and will have as his next adversary the American Christopher Eubanks (43rd), executioner of the Australian Christopher O ‘Connell (73rd) 7/6, 7/6, 7/6 (2).
Tsitsipas, a finalist at the Australian Open (2023) and Roland-Garros (2021), will try to get past the round of 16 in London for the first time.
Wimbledon: the women’s draw
The Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka got into the round of 16 at Wimbledon. (AP)
In the women’s draw, the number 2 in the world, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, easily beat the Russian Anna Blinkova (40th) by 6/2 and 6/3 and will go for a place in the quarterfinals against the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (22nd), who dispatched the Hungarian Dalma Galfi 6/0 and 6/4.
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