Second-seeded Alexander Zverev reached his first Wimbledon quarterfinal by defeating Jiri Rehekka 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6) of their spherical of 16 match, which resumed on Heart Court docket on Tuesday.
Zverev transformed his third match level in a match that was suspended on Monday evening on account of Wimbledon’s native curfew.
Coming into Tuesday, Zverev was 0-3 in 4 video games on the All England Membership. He had a 17-4 document in the identical spherical in any respect different main tournaments, and had received 10 consecutive rounds of 16 at main tournaments apart from Wimbledon.
“Who would have thought that it will solely take me 12 years to get right here?” Zverev stated. “I am actually glad and relieved to have achieved that, however in fact I need to play three extra video games right here.”
Zverev, who reached the semi-finals in Melbourne and received his first main title at Roland Garros final month, turns into the primary German participant since Boris Becker in 1991 to achieve the quarter-finals or increased in every of the season’s first three Grand Slam tournaments.
Rehekka and Zverev didn’t depart till 8:41pm native time on Monday, following Arthur Ferry’s marathon victory over fellow wildcard Grigor Dimitrov.
Zverev received the primary set in 42 minutes, however play needed to be stopped by event referee Dennis Parnell at 10:55 p.m., forward of the 11 p.m. curfew.
Zverev was main 6-4, 7-5, 3-3 when play was stopped. When play resumed on Tuesday, Rehekka continued to carry out effectively, profitable three video games in eight minutes and taking the third set, however misplaced within the fourth set tie-break.
“He performed unbelievable tennis and got here out swinging, so credit score to him. He did an excellent job in that side,” Zverev stated. “I am actually glad that I received 4 units and I am glad that I did not should play one other set.”
Zverev, 29, has received 5 of the six tiebreaks he has performed on this event, along with his solely loss coming within the second set within the first spherical to Alexander Brox.
He’ll face sixth-seeded Taylor Fritz of america in Wednesday’s quarterfinals. Fritz is 5-10 behind him in tour-level matches, and Fritz has received seven straight, together with his final match at Wimbledon in 2024, the spherical of 16.
ESPN Analysis contributed to this report.
