American Chris Eubanks defeated Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in a 3-hour, 4-minute, fourth-round match at Wimbledon on Monday in London, advancing to his first major quarterfinal.
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.
Eubanks said of the win: “I feel like I’m living a dream right now. This is absolutely insane. … It’s surreal. I can’t believe this.” 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.
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.
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