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Favorites in quarterfinals

Wimbledon quarterfinal favorites

On the eighth day of the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament organized by the capital of England, London, the fourth round competitions were held.

World number 1 in men’s singles, Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz defeated Italian Matteo Berrettini 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and 6-3 in sets 3-1 and became one of the last 8 tennis players.

World number 2 Novak Djokovic, who was interrupted while leading the game 2-0 in sets due to the last minute restriction, defeated Polish 17th seed Hubert Hurkacz 3-1 (7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4) and reached the quarterfinals 7-6, paired with top seed Andrey Rublev.

The third seed, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, won the first two sets 6-4, 6-2 and took the lead 2-0 and reached the quarterfinals after his rival, the Czech Jiri Lehecka, lost. retired due to injury.

TSITSIPAS REMOVED

World number 43 Christopher Eubanks delivered the surprise of the day by defeating fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 3-6 7-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 3- 2. The American tennis player will face Medvedev in the quarterfinals.

Sixth seed Holger Rune also earned the tour ticket by defeating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 3-6 7-6 7-6 6-3 in sets. The Danish tennis player was Alcaraz’s rival in the quarterfinals.

SABALENKA, RYBAKINA AND JABEUR IN THE LAST 8

In the women’s singles, second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus knocked out Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-0.

While world number 3 Kazakh Elena Rybakina was up 4-1 in the first set, her Brazilian rival, 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, withdrew to the quarterfinals.

Tunisian sixth seed Ons Jabeur defeated Czech ninth seed Petra Kvitova 2-0 in sets of 6-0, 6-3 and paired with Rybakina in the quarterfinals.

Russian Mirra Andreeva, a 16-year-old tennis player coming from the qualifiers, was eliminated after losing 2-1 to the 25th seed American Madison Keys in the fight, where she was penalized for throwing her racket. After defeating her opponent 2-1 after sets of 3-6, 7-6 and 6-2, Keys will face Sabalenka in the quarterfinals. (AA)

Source: Sozcu

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