the russian Andrei Rublev will play his first quarterfinals at Wimbledon after defeating the Kazakh alexander bublik by 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5) and 6-4.
The Russian, who has reached the quarterfinals at all Grand Slams -he is the ninth active player to achieve this-, deactivated 39 straight aces of Bublik -for a total of 67 winners-, thanks to a very solid match in which he made only 21 unforced errors and in which he was not broken despite losing the third and fourth sets in tiebreaks and wasting two game points in room
Rublev He took advantage of the only breaking ball he had in the fifth and beat the Kazakh, one of the most unpredictable players on the circuit and heading into the tournament after producing a great tour on grass to win the title in Halle.
The Russians could face the Serbians in the quarterfinals Novak Djokovicwho will play this Sunday against Pole Hubert Hurkacz.
If this happens Djokovic, It will be the fifth meeting of their careers, with the Serb 3-1 in favor, having beaten him in two group stages at the ATP Finals and at Australia 2023, and only losing in the final in Belgrade last year.
Besides, Roman Safiullin He earned the right to play in the quarterfinals by shockingly defeating the Canadian Denis Shapovalov by 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 and 6-3.
The Russian is the twelfth rookie in tournament history to reach the top eight and the first to do so since he reached it. Nick Kyrgios in 2014. His future rival will be the Italian Jannik Sinner.
Source: La Verdad
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