Taylor Fritz flies into Wimbledon quarters to earn household stripes

Until Monday, Wimbledon’s eleventh seed Taylor Fritz was not even one of the best tennis participant in his family.

But with some hefty swipes of a garish coral-coloured racket on Court One, the American lastly earned his household 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 final eight right here, and noticed him match the grand slam feat of his mom who, as Kathy May, reached three slam quarter-finals within the late Seventies.

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“My first grand slam quarter-final, that’s really a big deal,” the 24-year-old Fritz stated earlier than leaving courtroom. “Part of the final eight and… I’m glad I could get the win on the Fourth of July, being American.”

It was a muscular and domineering show from Fritz, champion on grass at Eastbourne coming into this event, and the end result was by no means actually unsure from the beginning with the gulf in school solely yawning wider because the match progressed.

Australian qualifier Kubler had already written one other chapter of his outstanding success-in-the-face-of-adversity fairytale by reaching the second week. He has survived six knee operations to additional his profession however simply ran out of steam and Wimbledon street.

Having crushed Kubler, the participant generally known as “the right-handed Nadal”, Fritz may subsequent face the actual deal, with Spain’s second-seeded Rafa a potential last-eight opponent.

Nadal takes on Botic van de Zandschlup in a while Day Eight.