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LONDON : The quarter-finals at Wimbledon took shape on Monday with former champions Rafa Nadal and Simona Halep leading the way with commanding victories while Nick Kyrgios advanced after coming through a five-set epic despite problems with his shoulder.
Former Wimbledon winners Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep eased into the quarter-finals after straight-set victories on day eight of the Championships.
LONDON : Jason Kubler left Wimbledon, and a career-first Grand Slam fourth-round encounter, with just eight games to his name on Monday but happy that the next chapter in his remarkable tennis story has been sketched out, if not yet written.
Taylor Fritz became the first U.S. man to make a major quarterfinal since the January 2020 Australian Open, reaching the last eight at Wimbledon and setting up a possible matchup with Rafael Nadal.
But with some hefty swipes of a garish coral-coloured racquet on Court One, the American finally earned his family stripes by reaching the quarter-finals of the grasscourt Grand Slam. His 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 win over qualifier Jason Kubler put him into the last eight here, and saw him match the Grand Slam feat of his mother who, as Kathy May, reached three slam quarter-finals in the late 1970s.
Nick Kyrgios battled past Brandon Nakashima and into the quarter-finals of a grand slam for the first time in seven years but struggled with a shoulder problem that could jeopardise his chances of going further.
Rafael Nadal returns to Centre Court this afternoon as the Spaniard takes on Botic van de Zandschulp.
Australian Jason Kubler said the prize money he has earned by reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon with a win over Jack Sock is a "life changer", adding that it would allow him to invest in himself.