In a spectacular match on Centre Court at Wimbledon, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, the third seed, defeated American Frances Tiafoe, the 29th seed, 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2 to reach the fourth round.
The pair last played at the 2022 US Open in the semifinals, and the match also went five sets and Alcaraz’s way, and was Tiafoe’s deepest run ever in a major.
In his press conference after the match, the Spaniard said: “Yeah, yeah, really happy obviously about my winning today. I think I played a really great tennis. It was a very close match. Obviously, Frances really big opponent, but really happy to get the win at the end.
“Well, I think for me was a lot of up and downs in the match. Was a break up in the first set, then few mistakes in my game serves. Yeah, after that, played a really good second set. But then in the third set again, few mistakes in my game with serves.
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