Wimbledon: De Minaur into second week for fourth successive Slam as Pouille withdraws
The ninth-seeded Australian will face Frenchman Arthur Fils or Russian Roman Safiullin in the fourth round
Alex de Minaur, Wimbledon 2024
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Australian Alex de Minaur, the No 9 seed, advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon after French qualifier Lucas Pouille withdrew before their match at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Saturday.
De Minaur, ranked No 9, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils and Russian Roman Safiullin next.
This is the second time in his career that the Australian has reached the fourth round at Wimbledon (the first coming in 2022) and marks the fourth Slam in a row that he is through to the second week. The best among that was a quarter-final finish at Roland-Garros in June – which equalled his career-best performance at a Grand Slam event (he also made the quarters of the 2020 US Open).
In the previous rounds of tournament, the Australian defeated lucky loser James Duckworth (7-6 (1), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4)) and Spaniard Jaume Munar (6-2, 6-2, 7-5).
Pouille, ranked No 212 in the world, won against Serb Laslo Djere (3-6, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1) and Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (2-6, 7-5, 5-2 ret.) in the main draw after winning three matches in the qualifying event.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other third-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50,000,000):
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Gael Monfils: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Frances Tiafoe (29): 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Alexander Bublik (23): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Novak Djokovic
- Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Cameron Norrie vs. Alexander Zverev
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Ben Shelton
- Holger Rune vs. Quentin Halys
- Francisco Comesana vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Fabio Fognini
- Arthur Fils vs. Roman Safiullin
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Ugo Humbert
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