Taylor Fritz moved to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the third time in four years on Sunday, although not in a way that would prefer. Seed No. 5 advanced after Australian Jordan Thompson was forced to retire for injury and watched 6-1, 3-0 after only 41 minutes of play.Thompson, who entered the matches that transmits leg problems, took the medical time limit at the beginning of the second set, but was unable to continue after a short attempt to play pain. “He just played a lot of tennis on his body that should not be, and it just took his toll,” said the non -resourced Australian after the match.Fritz, who had previously fought in the tournament with a few five SETRY, acknowledged the unfortunate circumstances: “It’s not obviously the way I want to go through. It’s just sad … Respect for him to go out. His body is not right.”
The American will face the next seed No. 17 Karen Khachanov, who defeated Polish Kamil Majchrzak 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. While Khachanov has a record of 2-0 over Fritz, their last meeting was back in 2020. “We are practicing all the time, so we are well familiar with each other,” Fritz said. “But I think I’ve improved a ton since then.”In five hundred thriller, Cam Norrie got a better of Nicolas Jarry.In the female draw, Top Seed Aryna Sabalenka booked her eleventh straight quarterfinals of the Grand Slam and defeated No. 24 Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-6 (4). She will face veteran Laura Siegemund, who followed her victory over Madison Keys by defeating Lucky Loser Solan Sierra 6-3, 6-2. When her age was mentioned, a 37 -year -old woman joked and joked: “It’s not so often that you are such a compliment for being old.”Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also returned to Wimbledon quarterfinals for nine years for the first time and defeated the British Sonay Kartal 7-6 (3), 6-4, despite the controversial missed call after the system failure.
