Of the eight survivors of the men’s draw that will play the quarterfinals, six make their debut in this round of Wimbledon 2022. Two, logically, since they are debutants in the tournament and also surprise debutants. The rest are part of the upper class of the men’s professional circuit.
The oldest, Novak Djokovic, 36 years old, defends hegemony in the All England Club surrounded by adversaries who have never reached the semifinals of this event, yes Grand Slam. The seven-time champion, who aspires to equal Roger Federer’s eight crowns, adding a fifth consecutive, will play the quarterfinals for the fourteenth time in his career on London grass.
He will have in front, this Tuesday, one of the three Russians in contention. After the veto suffered in 2022 due to the invasion in Russia, they have returned with force to Wimbledon. Andrey Rublev will be seen with ‘Nole’, while Roman Safiullinhours before, it will be measured in Italian Jannik Sinner, quarterfinalist the previous edition, beaten by Djokovic.
Muscovite Daniil Medvedev is in a high part of the table with four ‘rookies’. He presides over the world No. 1, Carlos Alcarazthe youngest of all, by just a week compared to who will be, on Wednesday, his opponent, the Dane Holger Rune.
Medvedev y Alcaraz They are the other Grand Slam champions, along with Djokovic. The Russian meets the unexpected American Christopher Eubanksin the penultimate round in its premiere, coming from the ATP title in Mallorca.
With him and Safiullin at stake, it is the first time that two rookies have reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Open era. Around him in the draw, six top-8s. They failed #4 Casper Ruud and number 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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In the women’s draw, the final of the previous course, which the Kazakh Elena Rybakina (nº 3) beat the Tunisian Our Jabeur, is repeated but in rooms. Other top aspiring to the crown are No. 1 Swiatekat nº 2 Sabalenka and number 4 Pegula.
Vondrousova represents the eternal Czech school, Keys recovers his strength on a fast track and special mention for Elina Svitolinawith the best when she was a mother in October.
This is how the male painting looks
Quarter finals
HIGH PART
Carlos Alcaraz (Span/1)-Holger Rune (Din/6)
Daniil Medvedev (Rus/3)-Chris Eubanks (USA)
LOWER PART
Jannik Sinner (Ita)- Roman Safiullin (Russia)
Andrey Rublev (Rus/7)-Novak Djokovic (Serb/2)
This is how the female picture looks
Quarter finals
HIGH PART
Iga Swiatek (Pol/1)-Elina Svitolina (Ucr)
Jessica Pegula (USA/4)-Marketa Vondrousova (Che)
BOTTOM
Ons Jabeur (Tun/6)- Elena Rybakina (Kaz/3)
Madison Keys (USA/25)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)
2023-07-11 05:05:00
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