In addition to Garin’s feat against De Miñaur, Monday’s day was marked by the victories of the Spaniard and the Romanian, always favorites on the British lawn. Kyrgios was also the protagonist by hosting a big battle against Nakashima.
This Monday at Wimbledon, he had more emotions than those of Christian Garin’s match against Alex De Miñaur. The cathedral of tennis closed the round of 16 with very regular matches and victories that revalidated several of its protagonists.
One of them was the victory of Rafael Nadal (4th) on the main court. The Spaniard entered the court a few minutes after the Chilean ensured his passage in the quarter-finals and played at a high level against the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp (25th) for defeat him 6-4, 6-2 and 7-6(6). Thus, the winner of 22 major tournaments continues at a steady pace his fight to win a new Grand Slam title and the third Wimbledon of his career.
His next rival will be the North American Taylor Fritz (14th), who beat him in the Indian Wells final this year , when Nadal said he suffered a broken rib. This will be the first time they meet on the grass.
Kyrgios (40th) also enlivened the day by beating Brandon Nakashima (56th) in five sets, in what was a match full of emotion and weekly replay points. Despite the fact that with Nick the show is always guaranteed, in the third set there was a moment of tension, because he had to See a doctor for back problems.
Halep shines again in a big
In the women’s table, the news of the day fell with the victory of Simona Halep (18 years old). The Romanian beat Paula Badosa (4th) by partials 6-1 and 6-2 in one hour of play . Thus, the winner of Wimbledon in 2019 returns to settle among the eight best of a Grand Slam after two seasons.
The last time the former world number one managed to reach the quarter-finals of a major was in Australian Open 2020 , where he would fall in the semi-finals. Since that time in Melbourne, Halep had been fired by the round of 16 at the latest, showing that her new union with Patrick Mouratoglou is bearing fruit.
Her future rival will be Amanda Anisimova (25th), 20 years old and one of the rising stars of the women’s ranking.
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