Paul eases past Bautista Agut to set up Wimbledon quarter-final with Alcaraz

American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, beat Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

This year’s Queen’s champion was in fine form again at SW19 as he continues his excellent grass-court season with a run to the last eight of Wimbledon.

He will take on world No 3 and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals.

The American won against Spaniard Pedro Martinez (6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3), Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen (4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4) and Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 23 seed (6-3, 6-4, 6-2) in the previous rounds of The Championships.

Earlier in the tournament, Bautista Agut, ranked No 112, won against German Maximilian Marterer (6-3, 6-1, 6-4), Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4) and Italian Fabio Fognini (7-6 (6), 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 6-4).

London (Grand Slam), other last-16 results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):

• Holger Rune vs. Novak Djokovic
• Taylor Fritz vs. Alexander Zverev
• Arthur Fils vs. Alex De Minaur
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Grigor Dimitrov (10): 5-3 ret.
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Ben Shelton (14): 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (9)
• Carlos Alcaraz beat Ugo Humbert (16): 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5