LONDON — U.S. Open runner-up Taylor Fritz moved into the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the third time in 4 years on Sunday, advancing when his injured opponent, Jordan Thompson, stop whereas trailing 6-1, 3-0 after 41 minutes.
The unseeded Thompson’s motion and energy clearly had been compromised. The Australian entered the match with again and leg points and left the court docket for a medical timeout within the second set, then stopped after making an attempt to play for 3 extra factors.
“Just got significantly worse today,” stated Thompson, who was competing in singles and doubles at Wimbledon. “Just played a lot of tennis on a body that shouldn’t have been, and it just took its toll.”
For the No. 5-seeded Fritz, it was a shorter workday after enjoying a pair of five-setters and one four-setter earlier within the event.
“It’s obviously not the way that I want to go through,” Fritz stated. “It’s just sad. … Respect to him for coming out. His body’s not right.”
Now the American will meet No. 17 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia on Tuesday for a berth within the semifinals — a spherical neither has reached on the All England Membership.
Khachanov has been a Grand Slam semifinalist twice, on the U.S. Open in 2022 and the Australian Open in 2023. Fritz made it that far at a serious for the primary time when he received to the ultimate at Flushing Meadows in September earlier than shedding to No. 1 Jannik Sinner.
Khachanov beat Kamil Majchrzak 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 Sunday and is 2-0 towards Fritz, though their most up-to-date assembly was in 2020.
“We practice all the time, so we’re pretty familiar with each other’s games,” Fritz stated. “But I think I improved a ton and have become a much, much better player since the last time we played.”
What else occurred at Wimbledon on Sunday?
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka reached the quarterfinals at her eleventh consecutive Grand Slam event, defeating No. 24 Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-6 (4), and can play unseeded Laura Siegemund, the 37-year-old German who adopted up her elimination of Australian Open champ Madison Keys by beating fortunate loser Solana Sierra 6-3, 6-2. When Siegemund’s age was talked about throughout an on-court interview, the gang applauded, and she or he joked: “It’s not that often you get such a compliment for being old.” Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova overcame a missed name late within the first set when the digital system that changed line judges at Wimbledon this yr was shut off however ended up beating Sonay Kartal 7-6 (3), 6-4 to return to the grass-court main’s quarterfinals for the primary time in 9 years. Pavlyuchenkova’s opponent Tuesday will probably be No. 13 Amanda Anisimova or No. 30 Linda Noskova. In males’s motion, the final British singles participant, 2022 semifinalist Cam Norrie, superior with a 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-3 win over qualifier Nicolas Jarry of Chile. The 61st-ranked Norrie, who performed school tennis at TCU in Fort Price, Texas, will go up towards two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz or No. 14 Andrey Rublev for a spot within the last 4.
Who performs on the All England Membership on Monday?
The quarterfinals will probably be set after Monday’s play, which leads off at Centre Court docket with 24-time main champion Novak Djokovic towards No. 11 Alex de Minaur at 1:30 p.m. native time (8:30 a.m. ET). They had been speculated to face one another in final yr’s quarterfinals at Wimbledon, however de Minaur was compelled to withdraw earlier than the match with a hip harm. That’s to be adopted by No. 7 Mirra Andreeva vs. No. 10 Emma Navarro, who eradicated 2024 champion Barbora Krejcikova within the third spherical, after which No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 19 Grigor Dimitrov. Others in motion: Iga Swiatek, Ben Shelton and Marin Cilic.
By Howard Fendrich
