July 10 (UPI) — American Chris Eubanks saved 8 of the 13 break points he faced and outlasted Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in a 3-hour, 4-minute, fourth-round match at Wimbledon, advancing to his first major quarterfinal Monday in London.
“I feel like I’m living a dream right now,” Eubanks said on the ESPN2 broadcast. “This is absolutely insane. … It’s surreal. I can’t believe this.”
Eubanks, the No. 43 player in the ATP Tour rankings, totaled 13 aces, converted 3 of 7 break point chances and logged 53 winners in the 3-6, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory. He overcame 56 unforced errors, compared to just 17 from his No. 5 ranked counterpart.
Tsitsipas logged 11 aces and 37 winners in the loss. He broke Eubanks’ serve five times.
Eubanks will face No. 3 Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the quarterfinals. Medvedev advanced Monday after No. 37 Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic retired because of injury after two sets of their fourth-round meeting.
Earlier Monday, No. 2 Novak Djokovic edged No. 18 Hubert Hurkacz of Poland in a 3-hour, 7-minute match. Djokovic, who won the first two sets of the match Sunday before play was stopped because of curfew, overcame 33 aces from Hurkacz in the four-set triumph.
The Serbian totaled 18 aces, 44 winners and 16 unforced errors in the 7-6(6), 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-4 victory on Centre Court. He will face No. 7 Andrey Rublev of Russia in the quarterfinals.
Hurkacz totaled 64 winners, 37 unforced errors and converted one of two break point opportunities in the loss. Djokovic converted one of his eight break point chances.
No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, No. 3 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and No. 18 Madison Keys of the United States also advanced to the quarterfinals Tuesday on the women’s singles circuit.
No. 6 Holger Rune of Denmark will battle No. 24 Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in another fourth-round match Monday afternoon.
No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain also will take the court on Day 8 for a fourth-round meeting with No. 38 Matteo Berrettini of Italy.
Wimbledon quarterfinal coverage will start at 8 a.m. EDT Tuesday on ESPN and ESPN2. The women’s final will air at 9 a.m. Saturday on ESPN. The men’s singles finale will air at 9 a.m. Sunday on ESPN.
Wimbledon schedule
All times EDT
Monday
Fourth round from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on ESPN2 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on ESPN
Tuesday
Quarterfinals from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN2
Wednesday
Quarterfinals from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN2
Thursday
Women’s semifinals from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on ESPN
Friday
Men’s semifinals from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on ESPN
Saturday
Women’s final at 9 a.m. on ESPN
Sunday
Men’s final at 9 a.m. on ESPN
