Updates from Wednesday’s last-eight action in SW19
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Three more games, three more holds, but it’s been fairly tortuous on serve for Mertens, who has to save three break points to scramble to 2-2, just as Paolini and Kostyuk make their entrance on Centre. I’m really, really looking forward to this one … Paolini, after losing the opening set of her first-round match 6-0, has been a player transformed, finally rediscovering the form that took her to the 2024 final and made her a fan favourite, while Kostyuk, after reaching the French Open semi-finals last month, has carried her form from the clay on to the grass, and has won 20 of her past 21 matches.
On the doubles front, the defending men’s champions, Britain’s Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, are just getting under way in their quarter-final. Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, the top seeds, have already advanced to the last four in the wheelchair event, while there’s also been a quarter-final victory for Andy Lapthorne in the quad singles, but defeat for Gregory Slade.