Tennis, ATP – Wimbledon 2024: Alcaraz beats Paul

The 21-year-old Spaniard defeated Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal (7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-2), Australian Aleksandar Vukic (7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2), American Frances Tiafoe, the No 29 seed (5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2) and Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 16 seed (6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5) ahead of his victory.

In the previous rounds of The Championships, Paul, ranked No 13, beat 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), Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 23 seed (6-3, 6-4, 6-2) and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut (6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-2).

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

• Alex De Minaur vs. Novak Djokovic
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Taylor Fritz
• Daniil Medvedev beat Jannik Sinner (1): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3