Wimbledon day nine: Sinner and Alcaraz face stern tests in quarter-finals

Wimbledon’s quarter-finals get under way on Tuesday with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz facing stern tests.

The duo have been on a semi-final collision course since they were paired in the same half of the draw, but their championship mettle will first be tested by fifth seed Daniil Medvedev and American Tommy Paul.

Four first-time quarter-finalists take to the court in the women’s draw on Tuesday, with one of them guaranteed to be in the final.

Here, we take a look at what is happening on day nine.

Top seed Jannik Sinner takes on Daniil Medvedev – the man the Italian beat to lift his first grand slam title in January.

Sinner came back from two sets down to beat the Russian in the Australian Open final and record a fifth straight victory over the 2021 US Open champion.

Medvedev, who is six years older than the world number one, had won the first six meetings between the two and hopes recent form can be overturned on Tuesday.

“Look, the funny thing is I lost five times, but if I remember right, four times were really close,” said the world number five.

“Small details make a big difference in tennis. It’s definitely tougher to play him now than before. Again, as I said, the matches were close. I had my chances. I’ll try to use them better this time.”

Carlos Alcaraz, you are ridiculous