LONDON (AP) 鈥� Marta Kostyuk reached her first quarterfinals by beating qualifier Ashlyn Krueger 6-4, 6-4 with record eight-time men’s singles champion among Monday’s visitors at the All England Club.
The 24-year-old Ukrainian, a French Open semifinalist, improved to 10-0 this season against players from the United States. Krueger had come into the match on No. 2 Court with a 16-1 record on grass this season.
鈥淭oday was a very difficult day, very hot,鈥� Kostyuk said on court. 鈥淭he longer you stay on this surface, actually the worse you feel. (It) was big fight, difficult conditions, super windy today.鈥�
After mild weather in the first week at the grass-court major, the temperature was expected to rise to 31 C (88 F) on Monday.
Kostyuk, who , will next face either Alexandra Eala or Jasmine Paolini 鈥� those two are up first on Centre Court.
The 21-year-old on Saturday. No other player from the Philippines has come this far in a Grand Slam singles tournament in the Open era, according to the women’s professional tour.
Besides Federer, six-time women’s singles champion posted that she was headed to the Royal Box. Also on hand was Formula 1 racer , who leads the drivers’ standings despite a disappointing result in .
Later on Centre Court, it’s a battle of men’s wild cards when Grigor Dimitrov faces Arthur Fery 鈥� the 23-year-old British player who grew up just . In the nightcap, second-seeded Alexander Zverev tries to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals for first time when he faces Jiri Lehecka.
On No. 1 Court, sixth-seeded Taylor Fritz of the U.S. was facing 10th-seeded Alexander Bublik for a spot in the quarterfinals.
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