American Taylor Fritz progressed to the Wimbledon quarterfinals Sunday for a second consecutive yr after Jordan Thompson retired because of damage with the No. 5 seed main 6-1, 3-0.
With Fritz advancing, it is the fifth consecutive main that a minimum of one American man has made the quarterfinals — the longest streak for the U.S. males since a run of six straight from the 2002 US Open to 2004 Australian Open.
“Not the way in which I wished to undergo, I used to be excited to play Jordan at this time, I used to be excited to play good tennis,” Fritz stated. “It is unhappy … he is been battling out right here, enjoying five-setters, I respect him for popping out … I really feel unhealthy for him and I hope he will get higher.”
Thompson, who arrived on the All England Membership coping with a again challenge, known as for a medical timeout halfway by way of the second set because of an obvious proper thigh damage, and after three extra factors determined to name it a day. The Australian has had a pair retirements at majors earlier than, most lately the 2023 US Open towards Botic Van De Zandschulp, because of a leg damage. He was additionally pressured to exit his 2021 Australian Open match towards Casper Ruud with a shoulder damage.
Fritz and Ben Shelton, who superior to the spherical of 16 along with his straight-sets win Saturday, are the one People remaining within the males’s singles draw. Trying forward, solely two American males prior to now 15 years have reached the Wimbledon semifinals: Sam Querrey in 2017 and John Isner in 2018.
Fritz, the US Open runner-up final yr, is 12-1 on grass this season, having gained titles at Stuttgart and Eastbourne. His 12 tour-level grass match wins are probably the most by any American man in a season since Pete Sampras gained 12 in 1999 at Queen’s Membership and Wimbledon.
Fritz subsequent faces Russian seventeenth seed Karen Khachanov, who reached his second Wimbledon quarterfinal by beating Kamil Majchrzak 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 earlier Sunday.
“To be trustworthy, at this time was a extremely nice efficiency — a minimum of from my aspect,” stated Khachanov, who completed with greater than twice as many winners as unforced errors, 44-21.
Khachanov has been a Grand Slam semifinalist twice, on the US Open in 2022 and the Australian Open in 2023. He was a quarterfinalist on the All England Membership 4 years in the past.
The 109th-ranked Majchrzak was enjoying in a fourth-round match at a serious for the primary time. He was on a six-match Grand Slam shedding streak earlier than Wimbledon.
Different males’s matches later have been two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 14 Andrey Rublev, and Nicolas Jarry vs. Cam Norrie.
ESPN Analysis, The Related Press and Reuters contributed to this report.