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, give up whereas trailing 6-1, 3-0 after 41 minutes.
The unseeded Thompson’s motion and energy have been clearly compromised. The Australian entered the match with again and leg points and left the court docket for a medical timeout within the second set Sunday, then stopped after attempting to play for 3 extra factors.
“It’s obviously not the way that I want to go through,” the No. 5-seeded Fritz mentioned. “It’s just sad. … Respect to him for coming out. His body’s not right.”
For Fritz, it was a shorter workday after enjoying a pair of five-setters and one four-setter earlier within the event.
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 beat Kamil Majchrzak 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 Sunday.
“To be honest, today was a really great performance — at least from my side,” mentioned Khachanov, who completed with greater than twice as many winners as unforced errors, 44-21.
The 109th-ranked Majchrzak was enjoying in a fourth-round match at a serious for the primary time. He was on a six-match Grand Slam dropping streak earlier than Wimbledon.
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 for the primary time when he bought to the ultimate at Flushing Meadows in September earlier than dropping to No. 1 Jannik Sinner.
What else occurred at Wimbledon on Sunday?
Different males’s matches later have been two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 14 Andrey Rublev, and Nicolas Jarry vs. Cam Norrie. The ladies’s fourth-rounders on the Sunday schedule have been No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka vs. No. 24 Elise Mertens, No. 13 Amanda Anisimova vs. No. 30 Linda Noskova, Sonay Kartal vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and fortunate loser Solana Sierra vs. Laura Siegemund.
Who performs on the All England Membership on Monday?
The quarterfinals will likely be set after Monday’s play, which leads off at Centre Court docket with 24-time main champion Novak Djokovic in opposition to No. 11 Alex de Minaur at 1:30 p.m. native time (8:30 a.m. ET). They have been presupposed 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 is 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.
