Christopher Eubanks’ magical run through Wimbledon continued with an upset of No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 3-6, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals on Monday.

The 27-year-old Atlanta native, who played at Georgia Tech, has spent most of his pro career on the Challengers circuit and is making his first appearance at Wimbledon. He knocked off 12th-seeded Cameron Norrie in the second round, but Monday’s fourth-round triumph was his first win over a top-five opponent.

“I feel like I’m living a dream right now. This is insane,” Eubanks said in his on-court interview. “I’ve tried so much to block everything out, just focus on the next match as cliche as it sounds … but it’s surreal. It’s unbelievable. I can’t believe it.”

Through the first three-plus sets, Eubanks couldn’t break Tsitsipas’ commanding serve. But with the Greek serving at 4-4 in the fourth set, Eubanks got the first break, then served for the set to even the match.

Tsitsipas lost serve in the first game of the final set, then evened the match with a break of his own in the sixth game. He gave the edge right back to Eubanks, losing serve in the next game.

On paper, Tsitsipas outplayed the American. He hit 37 winners against 17 unforced errors to 53 and 56, respectively, for Eubanks.

“The funny thing about tennis is like you’re not always gonna play your best. You just gotta play, you know, really good at certain times, and I felt like I did that really well today,” Eubanks said. “When it came to really important times, I felt like I executed.”

Eubanks got his maiden ATP Tour win on July 1 at Mallorca. He now has won nine straight matches on grass.

In the quarterfinals, Eubanks will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the third seed, who had a short day on Monday when his opponent, Czech Jiri Lehecka, retired with injury down two sets.

Medvedev will be making his first appearance in the quarterfinals in London.

Also advancing Monday was second-seeded Novak Djokovic, who continued his interrupted match from Sunday against 17th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland. Djokovic, in a quest for his 24th Grand Slam title, moved on with a 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-4 win.

But he said it wasn’t easy.

“Big credit to Hubert for playing an amazing match, tough luck for him today,” Djokovic said in his on-court interview. “But he put up a great performance. Honestly, I don’t recall the last time I felt this miserable in returning games to be honest, due to his incredibly accurate and powerful serve.”

Andrey Rublev of Russia, the seventh seed, is Djokovic’s quarterfinal opponent.

The other quarterfinal match will pit top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and sixth seed Holger Rune of Denmark.

Alcaraz fought back from a dropped first set to defeat unseeded Italian Matteo Berrettini 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Alcaraz locked up the victory after the Centre Court roof was closed early in the fourth set.

Berrettini finished with a 9-4 edge in aces and zero double faults, but Alcaraz won 53 of 67 first-service points (79.1 percent) to advance.

Rune also came back from a set down to beat 21st seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-3.

–Field Level Media

World No. 2 Novak Djokovic is one set from reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals, but will have to wait until Monday to resume his match against No. 17 Hubert Hurkacz after play was suspended Sunday due to a curfew.

Djokovic, who is attempting to match Roger Federer’s mark of eight Wimbledon men’s singles titles, will have a 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6) lead when play resumes.

Djokovic, 36, has yet to lose a set at this year’s event but had to rally from a 6-3 deficit in the first-round tie-breaker. The Serbian star won five straight points as the 26-year-old from Poland let three straight set points slip away.

Hurkacz, who beat Federer in the Swiss legend’s last Wimbledon appearance in 2021, produced 22 aces in the opening two sets as his serve reached 139 mph, but he also dropped the second-round tie-breaker.

The winner will face Andrey Rublev of Russia, who reached his first Wimbledon quarterfinal with a five-set victory over No. 23 Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan.

Rublev, the No. 7 seed, posted a 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-4 win, securing the penultimate point of the match with a dive to his right that earned him a standing ovation.

“It was the most lucky shot ever,” said Rublev. “It was luck, nothing else. I don’t think I can do it one more time.”

Three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe, handling commentary on BBC TV, said it was “one of the great shots” of recent years at Wimbledon and “an electric way” to end the match.

In other men’s action Sunday, world No. 92 Roman Safiullin of Russia came back from a set down to upset No. 26 Denis Shapovalov of Canada, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3.

Battling a knee injury, Shapovalov was limping as he walked off the court following the loss.

“I felt sore the whole time. … It was getting worse and worse,” he said. “I think as soon as other parts get tired, just have more and more impact on the knee. As the match went on, it just became unbearable.”

Safiullin had never advanced past the second round of a Grand Slam event, but now he will face No. 8 Jannik Sinner of Italy, who defeated Colombia’s Daniel Elahi Galan, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3.

“Today was a tough day,” Sinner said. “I was not feeling great on the court but I managed to win the most important points. Usually I’m calm but sometimes it happens. There were some tough calls on my side.”

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov, the No. 21 seed, had to wait until Sunday to finish off American Frances Tiafoe, the 10th seed, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Dimitrov was up two sets Saturday when rain forced the match to be suspended. Dimitrov will face No. 6 seed Holger Rune of Denmark on Monday.

“This was a really bad match. Horrible, horrible stuff,” Tiafoe said. “To play this poorly is very depressing, especially at Wimbledon. I genuinely think I am one of the best grass-court players in the world but I didn’t show it at all. I have to live with that.”

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World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz fended off a stiff challenge from Nicolas Jarry of Chile to win their third-round match 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday at Wimbledon.

Alcaraz, a 20-year-old Spaniard, was up two sets to one but down a break point with Jarry serving at 4-2. But Alcaraz, who had 14 break opportunities, turned the tide with in the seventh game of the four sets with a break, which got the set back on serve. He broke Jarry’s serve again in the 11th game — his fifth break of the match — to take a 6-5 lead and then serve for the match.

Alcaraz will meet unseeded Matteo Berrettini of Italy in the fourth round.

“It was really, really tough. Nico is a really good player and he played really well,” Alcaraz said of Jarry. “He deserves to be at the top and I am just really happy with the level I played.

“I had to stay focused. I knew that I would have my chances. It was really, really close. The key is to believe and stay focused the whole time.”

Alcaraz moved to 43-3 on the season with his win in the three-hour, 46-minute match. The 2022 U.S. Open champion, he is seeking his second Grand Slam title.

Also on a quest for a second major win is third-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev, who lost the first set to Marton Fucsovics of Hungary but came back to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on the grass courts in London.

Not known as grass-court master, Medvedev fought off early sloppiness to advance to the fourth round of Wimbledon for just the second time in six appearances. He did not compete in 2022 because of the tournament’s ban on players from Russia and Belarus.

“He’s a very tough player to play against and after the first set I was more decisive in some points and saved a couple of break points on my serve. I’m really happy to be through,” Medvedev said.

“I really want to do well here. I wasn’t playing here last year and it’s my worst Grand Slam in terms of results. I have a big motivation to change that. The further you go, the tougher the opponents. I hope that I can show my best tennis and enjoy.”

Medvedev’s fourth-round opponent will be Czech Jiri Lehecka, who advanced to the fourth round with a hard-fought 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-2 victory against 16th-seeded Tommy Paul. It will be the first meeting between Medvedev and Lehecka.

Fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece sailed through the third round with a 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Laslo Djere of Serbia, but No. 6 Holger Rune of Denmark was pushed to the limits by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain. Rune prevailed in nearly four hours with a 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8) win.

Tsitsipas next will face American Christopher Eubanks, who needed three tiebreaks to eliminate Australian Christopher O’Connell 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) victory.

Berrettini posted a 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) victory over no. 19 seed Alexander Zverev from Germany to advance.

–Field Level Media