Emil Ruusuvuori upset Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (12-10) 3-6 6-3 to reach the third round for the first time on his 16^th Grand Slam appearance at Wimbledon. 

Ruusuvuori has become the third Finnish player to reach the third round at Wimbledon, joining Pekka Saila and Jarkko Nieminen. He hit 41 winners and won 80% of his first serve points. 

Ruusuvuori earned a break in the third game to take a 2-1 lead. Tsitsipas broke back in the 10^th game to draw level to 5-5. Ruusuvuori went up a mini-break twice, but Tsitsipas pulled back on serve both times. Ruusuvuori earned his third mini-break to win the tie-break 8-6. The second set went on serve en route to tie-break. Both players traded mini-breaks four times in the tie-break. Ruusuvuori won the final three points to seal the tie-break 12-10. Tsitsipas broke in the fourth game to win the third set 6-3. Ruusuvuori earned a break in the sixth game and closed out the fourth set on his first match point. 

Tsitsipas led 2-0 in his previous head-to-head matches against Ruusuvuori and did not lose more than six games in either match. 

Ruusuvuouri scored his first Grand Slam win over a top 20 player in 2024. 

“I did not get away far. It was difficult. It could have been a bit different if I won the second set tie-break, but I tried my best and it did not work. I am just proud of myself the way I fought and the way I never gave up. I will continue towards the path of getting the better”, said Tsitsipas. 

Ruusuvuori set up a third round match against Giovanni Mpetchi Perricard, who beat Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4 6-1 6-2. 

Alexander Zverev cruised into a third round match with a 6-2 6-1 6-4 win over Marcos Giron to reach the third round in 16 of his 17 Grand Slam tournaments. 

Zverev broke twice in the first and eighth games to win the first set 6-2. The German earned three breaks to close out the second set 6-1. The third set went on serve until the 10th game, when Zverev sealed the win with a break at 15.

Zverev set up a third round agains Cameron Norrie, who beat Jack Draper 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 7-6 (8-6). 

Arthur Fils was leading 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 2-6 7-6 6-6 (9-8), when Hubert Hurkacz was forced to retire while he was facing a match point. The Polish player suffered from an injury. Hurkacz was leading 8-7 in the tie-break of the fourth set, but he opted to withdraw from the match after losing the next two points. 

Fils set up a match against Roman Safiulin, who beat Tomas Machac in four sets. 

Arthur Fils has broken new ground at Wimbledon but he did so in unfortunate circumstances. 

The 20-year-old Frenchman is through to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career after his opponent Hubert Hurkacz was forced to call it quits. Fils was leading the match 7-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-6, when his Polish opponent took a tumble on the ground and suffered what appeared to be a knee injury. As a result, Hurkacz had to retire from the match which is something he hasn’t done since the 2021 Italian Open. 

“It was the first time I had this situation, so I didn’t really know how to handle it,” Fils commented during his press conference.
“I think that I did pretty good. I didn’t know if I had to do one kick serve and just make him play.
“Hallelujah, I passed the first serve. I mean, I played two great points because it wasn’t that easy. Then he stopped. Of course, it’s a sad end, but I’m happy about how I deal with those two points.”

When Hurkacz suffered his fall, he went over the net to check on his peer and help him get back up. 

“I saw a friend. He was in pain and he couldn’t move. I didn’t care about the score. I was just hoping that the guy is well and he can still walk and everything.” Fils commented. 

Fils, who beat Switzerland’s Dominic Stricker in his opening match, is the youngest Frenchman to reach the last 32 at Wimbledon since Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils in 2005. His breakthrough comes during what has been an encouraging season where he reached the semi-finals in Auckland the quarter-finals at four other events. Last year he recorded wins over top 10 players Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas. 

Whilst he is heading in the right direction, Fils admits there is plenty of room for improvement in his game. Especiallywhen it comes to the grass.

“It’s only my second year on grass. Okay, I’m playing better than last year, but I still have so much to improve.” He said. 
“Sometimes my movement, I don’t know how to move on it (the grass). I don’t know if I’m too powerful but I’m always slipping.”

Fils will play Roman Safiullin in the next round. 

Danil Medvedev rallied from a set a break down to beat Alexander Muller 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 7-5 on Centre Court at Wimbledon. 

Both players were not able to break in the first set, which went on serve en route to the tie-break. Muller rallied from 0-2 down to win the tie-break 7-3 with three mini-breaks. 

Muller raced out to a a 3-0 lead in the second set. Medvedev broke back in the fifth game and held serve to 3-3. Muller earned two set points at 5-4 and 6-5, but Medvedev held his service games. Medvedev came back from 0-3 down to win the win the tie-break 7-4 with two mini-breaks.  

Medvedev went up a 4-1 lead in the third set. Muller pulled back on serve to draw level to 4-4. The Frenchman won his fifth consecutive game with a second break to close out the third set 6-4.

Both players went on serve in the fourth game until the 12^th game when Medvedev earned the decisive break, when Muller made a double fault on the match point. 

“I did not play my best match. For whatever reason it feels much slower. Really slow bounce, not like a grass court where it normally slides. I need to get used to it. The more matches I play on it, the more chances I have to play better and better”, said Medvedev.