In the spectacular Halle final, Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev lost to Kazakhstan's Aleksandr Bublyk, but the grass of Wimbledon gave him a rematch with the ovation of the crowd that knows tennis best, for both tennis players.
Rubljov won the first two sets, Bubljik equalized, but in the fifth the Russian had more calmness and experience - 3:2 (7:5, 6:3,6, 7:6, 7:6, 4:XNUMX).
The seventh Wimbledon favorite will play in the quarterfinals against the winner of the duel Novak Djokovic - Hubert Hurkač. Djokovic defends the trophy at Wimbledon.
And in the quarterfinals, for the first time in his career, the Russian Roman Safiulin, who surprised the Canadian Denis Shapovalov and won the match with a reversal 3:1 - 3:6, 6:3, 6:1, 6:3.
Safijulina is facing a very difficult task in the fight for the semi-finals, because she will collide with one of the leaders of the new wave, who is most comfortable with grass - Janik Ziner.
The Italian from South Tyrol routinely defeated Colombian Daniel Galan (7:6, 6:4, 6:3), and in the first three matches he lost only a set.
After his first Wimbledon, Safiulin will be in the top 50, and since 2014, no tennis player has made it to the quarterfinals.
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