Third seed Daniil Medvedev curtailed American debutant Christopher Eubanks’ extraordinary Wimbledon journey as he weathered a ferocious storm to come back by way of their quarterfinal 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 on Wednesday.
Medvedev took the opening set however was blown fully astray for the following two as unseeded Eubanks unleashed a barrage of first-strike tennis that shocked the Russian and had the Court One crowd roaring its approval.
Medvedev seemed bewildered and out of concepts at one level as Eubanks stored swinging for the hills, touchdown blow after blow.
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But the previous U.S. Open champion started to douse the hearth of his opponent’s recreation in a decent fourth set and his expertise held sway within the tiebreak as he levelled the match.
Eubanks, bidding to emulate American nice John McEnroe by reaching the semi-finals on his first look, minimize a dejected determine within the deciding set as his dream light away.
Despite the top of his unbelievable run, the 27-year-old former Georgia Tech scholar left the courtroom to an enormous ovation, making a coronary heart gesture to the stands earlier than disappearing.
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Source: sportstar.thehindu.com