Wimbledon 2024: Biggest Favorites and Surprise Names
At Wimbledon, the third grand slam tennis tournament of the season, one of the favorite tennis players, Novak Djokovic with Carlos Alcaraz in men’s singles, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina in women’s singles, reached the quarterfinals. 8 of the tournament hosted by the capital of England, London. On the day, 4. Tour competitions were held.
Spanish tennis player Alcaraz, the world number 1 in men’s singles, beat Italian Matteo Berrettini 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, 3-1 to Decamp to the last 8 tennis players.
World No. 2 Novak Djokovic, whose match was interrupted when he was leading 2-0 in sets due to a late time restriction, defeated 17th-seeded Polish Hubert Hurkacz 3-1 (7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4) he defeated and matched up against 7th seeded Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals.
3-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev reached the quarterfinals after winning the first two sets 6-4 and 6-2 to take a 2-0 lead, while his opponent Czech Jiri Lehecka withdrew due to injury.
Tsitsipas eliminated
World number 43 Christopher Eubanks provided the surprise of the day by defeating 5th seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-2. The American tennis player will compete with Medvedev in the quarterfinals.
No. 6 seeded Holger Rune also got his tour ticket by beating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets 3-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3 3-1. The Danish tennis player became Alcaraz’s opponent in the quarterfinals. Sabalenka, Rybakina and Jabeur are through to the last 8
In women’s singles, Sabalenka of Belarus, seeded No. 2, eliminated Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia from the tournament with sets of 6-4, 6-0. Rybakina of Kazakhstan, the world No. 3, was leading 4-1 in the first set and reached the quarterfinals when her Brazilian opponent, 13th-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia, withdrew.
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, seeded No. 6, matched Rybakina in the quarterfinals by defeating No. 9 seeded Czech Petra Kvitova 6-0, 6-3, 2-0 without difficulty.
Russian Mirra Andreeva, a 16-year-old junior tennis player from the qualifiers, was eliminated after losing 2-1 to Madison Keys of the USA, seeded 25th, in a fight in which she received a point penalty for throwing her racket. Keys, who defeated her opponent 2-1 after sets of 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, will face Sabalenka in the quarterfinals.
