Wimbledon 2025, Day 7: Fritz advances to QFs; Sabalenka also through

Taylor Fritz moved into the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the 3rd clip successful 4 years connected Sunday, though not successful the manner helium would person preferred. The No. 5 effect precocious aft Australian Jordan Thompson was forced to discontinue owed to injury, trailing 6-1, 3-0 aft conscionable 41 minutes of play.Thompson, who entered the lucifer carrying backmost and limb issues, took a aesculapian timeout aboriginal successful the 2nd acceptable but was incapable to proceed aft a little effort to play done the pain. “Just played a batch of tennis connected a assemblage that shouldn't person been, and it conscionable took its toll,” the unseeded Australian said aft the match.Fritz, who had battled done aggregate five-setters earlier successful the tournament, acknowledged the unfortunate circumstances: “It’s evidently not the mode I privation to spell through.

It’s conscionable sad... Respect to him for coming out. His body’s not right.”
The American volition adjacent look No. 17 effect Karen Khachanov, who defeated Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. While Khachanov holds a 2-0 grounds implicit Fritz, their past gathering was backmost successful 2020.

“We signifier each the time, truthful we’re beauteous acquainted with each other’s games,” Fritz said. “But I deliberation I’ve improved a ton since then.”In a five-set thriller, Cam Norrie got the amended of Nicolas Jarry.

In the women’s draw, apical effect Aryna Sabalenka booked her 11th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal, beating No. 24 Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-6(4). She’ll look seasoned Laura Siegemund, who followed her triumph implicit Madison Keys by defeating fortunate loser Solana Sierra 6-3, 6-2. The 37-year-old drew cheers from the assemblage erstwhile her property was mentioned, joking, “It’s not that often you get specified a compliment for being old.”Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova besides returned to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the archetypal clip successful 9 years, beating Britain’s Sonay Kartal 7-6(3), 6-4 contempt a arguable missed telephone aft a strategy outage.