Taylor Fritz mounted a stirring comeback from two sets down to dump fourth seed Alexander Zverev out of Wimbledon on Monday, winning their fourth-round match 4-6, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3.
Confronted with Zverev’s relentless serve, American 13th seed Fritz looked to be heading home but broke the German on the way to winning the third set.
It was the first time the former world number two had been broken in the entire tournament.
Fritz, who won the Eastbourne International on grass last month, edged the fourth set on a tie-break.
Hitting freely, the American broke again in the fourth game of the decider when Zverev, who looked like he had no answer to his opponent’s power, went long with a forehand.
Fritz powered through his service game to lead 5-2 and although Zverev clung on, Fritz sealed the match in style.
The American, who hit a total of 69 winners against 23 unforced errors, will face Italian 25th seed Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter-finals.
Ostapenko in last eight
Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko beat Iga Swiatek’s conqueror Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday.
Tha 27-year-old Latvian, whose only Grand Slam title came at the French Open in 2017, broke her Kazakh opponent five times in the match, hitting 29 winners against 26 unforced errors.
“This is one of my my favourites on the tour,” said Ostapenko. “I won it at juniors (in 2014) and I have great memories here.
“I feel like I’m playing really good players but I’m good in deciding moments. I think that’s the key and I’m doing pretty OK.”
The 13th seed, a semi-finalist at Wimbledon in 2018, next faces either US 11th seed Danielle Collins or Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic.
Russian-born Putintseva, ranked 35, beat world number one Swiatek in the last 32 on Saturday.
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