Third-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev halted Christopher Eubanks’ dream run at Wimbledon on Wednesday, July 13, in a five-set quarterfinal thriller in London.
Medvedev’s hard-fought 6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 7–6 (4), 6–1 victory in 2 hours and 57 minutes set up a semifinal showdown with No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, who eliminated No. 6 Holger Rune of Denmark in straight sets.
Eubanks came within a tiebreak of reaching the final four at the All England Club. Medvedev broke the popular American’s serve three times in the final set to advance to his first Wimbledon semifinal.
“There was a moment in the match where I completely lost the game itself and he played well. I started to sink, I started to do a lot of mistakes, not serving well enough,” Medvedev said during his on-court interview….