Chris Eubanks earned raves as a tv commentator however at Wimbledon has needed to come to phrases with being a supply of media fascination himself, as he toppled Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas within the fourth spherical on Monday.
The American made it into the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the primary time in his first Wimbledon fundamental draw, alongside the best way encountering surreal reminders of his skyrocketting success.
“Everything from realizing that I have two credentials at Wimbledon for the rest of my life, to checking my phone and seeing my name as an ESPN alert,” Eubanks mentioned, after he was requested what essentially the most surreal a part of his journey has been.
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“The entire experience all together has just been a whirlwind. It’s been something that you dream about. But I think for me I didn’t really know if that dream would actually come true. I’m sitting here in it now, so it’s pretty cool.”
Ranked forty third on this planet, the 27-year-old cracked the highest 100 solely 4 months in the past.
Now, he’s getting ready for a showdown with Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev, who days earlier praised Eubanks for his “total tennis” and fearless type of play.
“It’s a bit nuts right now. It’s crazy to see my social media feed that I’m just used to kind of going to, seeing it’s a lot of me. I’m like, What is this? This is weird,” he instructed reporters.
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“I’ve been able to find a way to compartmentalize everything, realize this is a pretty big moment, but also saying, This is a tennis match that I need to play in a couple days.”
The overcome Tsitsipas marked his ninth straight win on grass for the Tennis Channel commentator, who has earned the adoration of the Wimbledon crowd because the unlikely final American man standing.
That crowd assist might come in useful towards mighty Medvedev, towards whom he misplaced in straight units earlier this 12 months in Miami.
“What helps analyze my next opponent is that I played him a few months ago. That’s probably going to be the biggest thing,” he mentioned. “Granted, different court, different surface, different conditions. That will probably be the biggest thing.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com