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 16th 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 10th 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.
