Los Wimbledon quarterfinals will start this Tuesday, July 9 with the dispute of the first matches between the eight best tennis players remaining in competition in the men’s draw. Carlos Alcaraz continues its path of trying to reissue the title achieved last year in the London tournament. He will face Tommy Paul, 13th in the world, in search of a place in the semifinals.
He American and Alcaraz have met four times, with two victories for each. Their duel in the Wimbledon quarterfinals will be their first face-to-face on grass.
Quarterfinals at Wimbledon 2024: tennis players and dates
For that same part of the draw, the other quarterfinal matchup will face Jannick Sinner, number 1, against Daniil Medvedev. The Italian steps into this round at Wimbledon for the third consecutive year. This season he has a 9-0 run on grass that already gave him his first title in Halle.
Daniil Medvedev, semi-finalist in 2023, arrives with hardly any wear and tear in the round of 16 since his rival, Grigor Dimitrov retired due to injury when he was down 5-3 in the first set. It is the twelfth duel between Sinner and Medvedev. The Russian won the first six. The last five, including the two this year (final of the Australian Open and semifinal in Miami) fell on Sinner’s side.
The other two quarterfinal matches remain to be decided after the round of 16 matches being played today. On the one hand, Lorenzo Musetti, who beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (4-6, 6-6, 6-3 and 6-2) The winner of the clash between Taylor Fritz and Alexander Zverev will be measured.
For its part, the winner of the match between Arthur Fils and �lex de Mi�aur will have to run into whoever wins in the round of 16 clash between Holger Rune y Novak Djokovic.
