American fifth seed Taylor Fritz had little hassle in reaching his third Wimbledon quarter-final after his Australian opponent Jordan Thompson retired with a thigh damage at 6-1 3-0 down of their fourth-round assembly on Sunday.
Thompson, who got here to the All England Club with a again difficulty, known as for a medical timeout halfway through the second set due to an obvious proper thigh downside and after three extra factors determined to name it a day.
Fritz raced through the primary set, hardly breaking sweat in opposition to his exhausted opponent, who had performed five-set matches within the first and second rounds and 4 units within the earlier spherical.
As the rain started hammering down on the Court One roof, so Fritz started raining down his serve, clinching the primary set off the again of three aces. The American is ace king at Wimbledon to date with 79, 14 forward of the subsequent greatest — Chilean Nicolas Jarry.
Fritz broke Thompson simply within the opening sport of the second and it was clear the Australian was struggling along with his motion. The medical timeout after Fritz clinched one other break solely delayed the inevitable because the match was quickly introduced to a untimely finish.
“Not the way I wanted to go through, I was excited to play Jordan today, I was excited to play good tennis,” Fritz stated. “It’s sad … he’s been battling out here, playing five-setters, I respect him for coming out … I feel bad for him and I hope he gets better.”
The 27-year-old Fritz, who reached his maiden Grand Slam remaining final yr on the U.S. Open, continues chasing America’s dream of a primary male winner at Wimbledon since Pete Sampras in 2000 when he subsequent faces Seventeenth-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov.
Fritz has by no means gone past the quarter-finals at Wimbledon however is the dominant participant on grass this season having received titles in Stuttgart and Eastbourne.
