Elena Rybakina won Wimbledon back in 2022 and she wants to do it again. Anna Kalinskaya will do everything she can to stop Rybakina. Alex De Minaur didn’t play in the third round because his opponent gave him a walkover. He can’t wait to be on the court again.
The 20 year old Frenchman is playing the best tennis of his life. This is the first time he has reached the 4th round of a slam. Currently ranked at the 37th spot In the world he is going to advance when the nextrankings comes out after Wimbledon. This is a very powerful player with one won title so far in his young career (Lyon 2023). Now he will face the world number 9 from Australia, Alex De Minaur. They have played each other once on the tour and Fils won that match on the clay in Barcelona earlier this year. This is the second time the 25 year old De Minaur has reached the 4th round of Wimbledon. He has never been beyond The quarterfinals in a Slam and he is aching for it. He has won two titles in 2024 (Acapulco and Rosmalen) and entered the top 10 for the first time in his career.
In the first round De Minaur defeated his Compatriot Duckworth in straight sets (7-6, 7-6, 7-6). He recorded another win in straight sets in the round of 64 against Munar from Spain (6-2, 6-2, 7-5). His opponent in the third round, Lucas Pouille, could not play and De Minaur got to the 4th round without playing. In the round of 126 Fils won over Stricker in four sets (6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4). In the second round he was two to one sets and the tiebreak was about to start in the 4th set when his opponent Hurkacz, gave up due to injury. In the third round he got the better of Safiullin in five sets (4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3).
The 25 year old Anna Kalinskaya from Russia is something a late bloomer on the WTA tour. She reached the top 20 of the rankings this season, currently at the 17th spot (her best ever). She reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open earlier this year and now the 4th round at Wimbledon. Those are her two best Slams to date. She has also received a lot of attention lately of the tennis court because she is in a relationship with the world number one, Jannik Sinner. She will be facing Rybakina which will be a huge obstacle for her on the path to the quarterfinal. The world number 4 is heavily favoured to win the match.
Kalinskaya still hasn’t lost a set in the tournament. In the first round she won over Udvardy (6-3, 6-2). In the second round she got the better of Bouzkova (6-4, 6-1) and in the round of 32 she defeated Samsonova (7-6, 6-2). Rybakina has lost one set on her path to the 4th round and that was the second round against the German veteran Siegemund (6-3, 3-6, 6-3). In the round of 32 she faced of with yet another veteran, Wozniacki, and won easily in straight sets (6-0, 6-1). In the opening round she defeated Ruse in straight sets as well (6-3, 6-1).
