Wimbledon 2026: Fery takes on Dimitrov; Keys and De Minaur beaten on day eight

Wimbledon 2026: Fery takes on Dimitrov; Keys and De Minaur beaten on day eight – live

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Australian Open, Mexico, Novak Djokovic, US
July 7, 2026
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From 30-all, Zverev bends the game to his will, bashing his way through the next two points, but he can’t bend time to his will, because the Wimbledon curfew is in a few minutes, and they won’t be able to carry on. So Zverev will have to come back tomorrow, leading 6-4, 7-5, 3-3. The second seed must be frustrated, but he still signs some autographs on his way off court. He must just wish he was signing them as a winner.

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Now 9-7 Fery – TWO MATCH POINTS!!! – after a nerveless, brilliant backhand – absolutely clutch given the high stakes – and Dimitrov dumps his return into the net on the first match point! Fery gets a bit sweary with his box before shaking his head in disbelief; Dimitrov looks even more stunned. Now Fery is looking up to the Wimbledon skies – the local hero, who grew up just five minutes away from the All England Club, is improbably, implausibly into the Wimbledon quarter-finals! There’s been much talk the past couple of days about whether Dimitrov could do a Goran and emulate Ivanisevic’s wildcard run to the final and title 25 years ago. That hope is now over for the Bulgarian – but it’s still, quite ridiculously, a possibility for the British wildcard. Yes, the classy Flavio Cobolli is up next, but that can wait until Wednesday; right now Fery can revel in the best moment of his career.

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Fritz does all that’s asked of him – not much really – and he’s into a last-eight tussle with Alexander Zverev or Jiri Lehecka.

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Keys and Noskova are, indeed into a breaker, which Keys must win to take this to a third set. They change ends with Noskova leading 4-2 … which very quickly morphs into 6-2 and four match points. And a lovely drop shot from the crafty Czech seals the deal! Noskova is into her first Wimbledon quarter-final, having taken out a grand slam champion, and the 21-year-old is shaking her head in disbelief. Keys goes the way of Swiatek, Rybakina, Anisimova and Svitolina before her, and in this bottom half of the draw absolutely anything could happen.

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15-0, 15-all, 30-15, 40-15, game and set Dimitrov. Not much Fery could do there, with Dimitrov’s first-serve percentage so high. But he’ll still be kicking himself about the previous game. He scurries off court in an attempt to regroup.

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At 30-15, Dimitrov, cap backwards, as if he’s the 23-year-old rather than the 35-year-old, balloons a backhand well long! So two set points for Fery … Dimitrov’s return is punchy … Fery somehow gets it back … Dimitrov charges forward to Fery’s mis-hit … volleys … and a stumbling Fery succumbs. But Fery fizzes down a fine serve on the second set point and Dimitrov isn’t getting that back! The British wildcard, with only one previous match win at Wimbledon before this year, has taken the first set against the former semi-finalist!

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Apologies for the sparseness of the entries, I’m still having big problems with the wifi. Which comes at the inopportune of times, because Paolini is serving for the match, having broken Eala for 5-3 when Eala hit beyond the baseline on a second break point. After all of Paolini’s struggles to replicate that breakout season of 2024, can the 30-year-old actually get this done? Yes! Because from 30-all, Eala errs with two backhand errors and Paolini is into a grand slam quarter-final for the first time since she reached the final here two years ago! Eala’s incredible run is over, but the Filipino trailblazer has broken new ground this fortnight and will no doubt break even more in years to come. She’s too good not to.

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Ach. Two double faults from De Minaur and the Australian has handed over a break – and possibly with it the match – to Cobolli, who’ll now serve for a place in the quarter-finals for the second successive year. Cobolli, with feet even quicker than the very speedy De Minaur’s, charges to 40-15 and two match points – before literally jumping for joy not once but twice when he seals it with an unreturned serve! He’s such an fantastico entertainer. Up next for Cobolli: Grigor Dimitrov or Britain’s Arthur Fery.

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Kostyuk enjoys her now-customary twirl and she’s delighted, establishing herself among the elite of the elite, as we hoped. Krueger gave it all she had, but Kostyuk is a future champion now at one with her game and self; make no mistake, she can win this. Next up for her: Paolini or Eala.

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Wotcha and welcome to Wimbledon 2026 – day eight!

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It’s Manic Monday no more but, absorbing into the schedule of matches here to embrace us over the next 10 or so hours, it’s not difficult to find some replacement alliteration.

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Majestic Monday begins with Marta Kostyuk, by the looks of things establishing herself – finally – among the elite of the elite and, with Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Mirra Andreeva and Amanda Anisimova already out, the scent of possibility will be heady and tantalising. But Ashlyn Krueger has plans of her own, in terrific nick after qualifying and enjoying the best grand slam performance of her short career.

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On No 1, meantime, Maarvellous Monday opens with a belter, Alex de Minaur making his latest bid to cheat his athletic ceiling against Flavio Cobolli, defeated French Open finalist and a player ranked lower but rated higher. Expect perhaps the two quickest players on tour to deliver extended rallies, ridiculous retrievals and a potential epic – with the potential for much anguish should the Australian lose to the younger man.

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Magnificent Monday continues on Centre with Jasmine Paolini, who appeared suddenly out of nowhere to contest the closing stages of majors, meeting Alexandra Eala, the young Filipina phenom, who dismissed the defending champ in the last round. With Linda Noskova the highest-ranked seed remaining in the bottom half of the draw, the excitement at the opportunity of a lifetime will be matched only by the trepidation.

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Nor is that it – or even remotely it. Marie Bouzkova, two seeded staples never expected to go on will be starting to wonder if this is their time, just as Maddy Keys, her career now gravy after last year’s unexpected Aussie Open triumph, will fancy her chances, pressure off and power on.

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Second on Centre – yup, we’re only halfway through the day – Arthur Fery faces Griggzy Dimitrov, leader of the lost generation whose grand slams were entirely subsumed by the Big Three and the Slightly Less Sizeable Two. But now a fully matured all-round brute, he’s a a man on a mission having led Jannik Sinner by two sets to love at this stage last year, only for injury to intervene with the tournament suddenly looking available to him. This may well be his final shot at immortalising himself in the annals of the game.

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The, closing out Monumental Monday, we’ve Taylor Fritz – another chasing the shot of a lifetime at the dream of a lifetime – and in fantastic form. Alexander Bublik, though, is a mercurial talent slowly starting to treat tennis like it matters to him, an improvisational talent with the imaginative touch his opponent will never quite enjoy.

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Finally, on Centre, Alexander Zverev – like Keys spieling with house money after securing that elusive first major – will also feel ready to wade in and snatch a second while others fiddle. His new-found confidence, though, is still solidifying, and Jiri Lehecka has the big-serve and forehand combo-move to test him.

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Here we go!

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Key events

That’s it from me for today, and I’m quite grateful for the Wimbledon curfew tbh, given the England-induced lack of sleep last night. I’ll rest well tonight that’s for sure, as will most of the nation no doubt, but Zverev may not, wishing he could have got the job done sooner. Thanks for your company as always, and do join us for the start of the quarter-finals tomorrow. Bye!

The current schedule for tomorrow is this, but Part II of Zverev v Lehecka is likely to be squeezed between Pegula v Gauff and FAA v Djokovic on Centre:

Centre Court (1.30pm BST)
Jessica Pegula (US, 4) v Coco Gauff (US, 7)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can, 3) v Novak Djokovic (Srb, 7)

No 1 Court (1pm)
Jannik Sinner (Ita, 1) v Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger)
Naomi Osaka (Jpn, 14) v Karolina Muchova (Cze, 10)

Play suspended for the day

The net gods are on Zverev’s side as he gets to 30-all on Lehecka’s serve, but he can advance no further. Lehecka, still looking so determined despite the scoreline, marches back to his chair. He’s such a hard worker, even though he now has a more healthy outlook on tennis, which happened after he was cut down by a back injury in 2024. He says he saw some very sick children when he was going to hospital for treatment but that they were still happy, enjoying life, while he thought his injury was the end of the world. He says it helped him to realise that tennis isn’t everything.

Lehecka lamps a forehand past Zverev after sprinting to the drop shot for 15-all. And he hits another winner into the exact same spot – deep to Zverev’s right – for 15-30. And now here’s two break points! Zverev, perhaps too keen to get this wrapped up tonight, has lost his rhythm a little, but his trusty serve gets him out of a hole, and it’s soon deuce. Zverev’s second serve has nearly as much bite as his first as he brings up his advantage. And an ace closes out the game. Zverev leads 6-4, 7-5, 2-2.

Lehecka returns, with 28 minutes to go until the 11pm curfew. He’s serving first in the third set, and opens with a hold to 15, finishing Zverev off with a brutal hit one way and then the other, the closed roof making the crack of the ball sound even louder. He’s hitting nearly as hard as Zverev, but just doesn’t have the consistency of the French Open champion.

Zverev checks his blood glucose levels at the break between sets because of his diabetes. He’s also allergic to grass, not that you’d know it from the way he’s playing on it this year. I wonder what his secret is; I’m a wheezing wreck whenever I go near it. Lehecka has left the court, which is halting Zverev’s victory charge, and the German is pacing up and down around the baseline desperate to get the third set going.

Zverev, standing closer to the baseline than he has in previous years, rips a forehand winner for 15-0. And a 137mph ace out wide for 30-0. Lehecka then runs like lightning to get to Zverev’s volley, which he does, but his forehand flies wide. 40-0, three set points. And Zverev rounds things off with an inside-out forehand winner from inside the service box! He’s 6-4, 7-5 ahead with 32 minutes left to play. Can he beat the clock?

Can Alex Zverev get this match wrapped up tonight. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters

A potentially costly double fault from Lehecka at 5-5, 40-30, which gives Zverev a route back into the game at deuce. Lehecka’s shot clips the tape and the ball sits up invitingly … and Zverev biffs a backhand winner down the line. Advantage Zverev … take this and he’ll be serving for a two sets to love lead … so maybe he can gets this done tonight. Zverev bashes into the net but gets another break point shortly after, and this time he makes no mistake! Zverev leads 6-4, 6-5, and the way he’s been serving, it’s almost impossible to see a way back for Lehecka in this second set.

With Zverev serving at 6-4, 3-4, Lehecka hits a rasping volley with as much gusto as a 50-yard Dan Burn header, and it takes the Czech to 0-15 on the German’s serve. But that’s as good as it gets for Lehecka, as Zverev bashes down another ace en route to a comfortable hold.

Just as Zverev and Lehecka are bumped off BBC Two, Lehecka makes things interesting, advancing to 0-30 and then 15-40 on Zverev’s serve. These are the first break points the Czech has had since Zverev’s opening service game – Zverev has been particularly miserly on serve tonight even by his standards – and the German quickly reverts to type, saving both BPs, the second after a lung-busting rally. And Zverev secures the hold from deuce for 6-4, 3-3.

This is the only remaining fourth-round match, meaning the men’s and women’s quarter-finals look like this:

Sinner (1) v Struff
Auger-Aliassime (3) v Djokovic (7)
Cobolli (9) v Fery (!!!)
Fritz (6) v Lehecka (13) or Zverev (2)

Osaka (14) v Muchova (10)
Pegula (4) v Gauff (7)
Kostyuk (12) v Paolini (13)
Noskova (9) v Mertens (25)

Lehecka looks as if he may crack in the next game, twice having to save break point at Zverev’s advantage, but he gamely holds, before having to soak up another love hold from Zverev, who leads 6-4, 2-2.

So 42 minutes for the first set: if Zverev keeps this up, he may win his race against the clock and settle matters without having to return tomorrow. Another flawless service game from the second seed – he’s dropped only five points on serve so far, and three of those were right at the start – and he is now 6-4, 1-1 ahead. There’s so much pressure on Lehecka to hold in every game, because he just can’t do any damage when the games are on Zverev’s racket.

Alexander Zverev plays a forehand shot to Jiri Lehecka. Photograph: John Patrick Fletcher/Action Plus/Shutterstock

A first break! At 30-40 on Lehecka’s serve, Zverev decides he’s had enough of duking it out from the baseline, and he throws in a drop shot, which is chased down by Lehecka, before Zverev slightly mis-hits his lob, making it more awkward for the Czech, and Lehecka’s effort limps into the net. Zverev will serve for the opener … and gets the job done with the minimum of fuss. His serve has been nearly untouchable since he survived those three break points in the opening service game, landing 73% of his first serves and winning 95% of those points. Zverev leads 6-4.

If you’re just tuning in, the main headlines today are the wildcard Arthur Fery pulling off another unlikely five-set comeback, this time against the former semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov, to become only the sixth British man in the open era to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals; Taylor Fritz underlining his title credentials again by breezing past Alexander Bublik; French Open runner-up Flavio Cobolli defeating an out-of-sorts Alex de Minaur; Jasmine Paolini ending the historic run of the young Filipina Alexandra Eala, the conqueror of Iga Swiatek; along with wins for the impressive Marta Kostyuk and Linda Noskova, plus Elise Mertens.

Two games without any serving jeopardy as Lehecka holds to love and Zverev does the same. So the scoreboard ticks over to 3-3. And while the Royal Box has virtually cleared out after Fery’s famous win, there is one notable face who remains: a certain R Federer. Not sure if this is because he just can’t get enough tennis or whether he thinks he’ll be named and shamed if he departs. He does get to enjoy a beautiful backhand volley from Lehecka at deuce in the seventh game, and the Czech holds from there for 4-3.

Roger Federer — Here until the bitter end. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

Zverev stumbles out of the blocks, as Lehecka holds to 30, before Zverev falls 0-40 down on serve. But the German then starts to accelerate, an ace and forehand winner helping him to deuce, and he takes the next two points too. It’s 1-1 … and then 2-2, with Zverev having firmly hit his serving stride.

And the day isn’t done yet … because there’s still the matter of Alexander Zverev v Jiri Lehecka, who’ve been waiting all day to get on to Centre. The Wimbledon curfew is 11pm, so Zverev, like Coco Gauff last night, will have a race against the clock to finish this evening. And victory is no gimme. Yes, Zverev has been lifted by his new status as a grand slam champion, winning 13 of his past 14 matches on clay and grass, but Lehecka, the Czech 13th seed, has a 1-1 head-to-head record against the second seed, and has a big serve and forehand that can test him on grass.

Here’s Tumaini’s take on Fery’s heroics:

Nearly four hours into the most significant occasion of his career, deep into a fifth set tie-break against a storied opponent he has spent his lifetime watching, what did Arthur Fery have left for a home crowd on his Centre Court debut? At six points all, after a long change of ends provided him with ample opportunity to overthink his next steps, Fery stepped up to the baseline and fired an ace down the T.
The moment required that amount of courage and more as Fery went toe-to-toe with one of the best players of the past decade, a former world No 3, and he emerged from the stadium of his dreams with a victory that will define his career for years to come. After twice trailing by a break in the fourth set, Fery recovered to produce an astonishing 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) win over Grigor Dimitrov in the battle of two wildcards to catapult him into the quarter-finals of a grand slam for the first time, where he will face No 9 seed Flavio Cobolli.
Over the past week, as he navigated his path to the second week, Fery had the unusual benefit for a home player of handling his business under the radar. Even as the last Briton alive in either singles draw since the conclusion of round two, the 23-year-old still played his third-round match with the understated confines of Court 18. Suddenly, he was thrust on to Centre Court as its headliner.
As in that victory two days earlier, when the world No 114 trailed Zizou Bergs 1-4 in both the fourth and fifth sets before finding a way to win, Fery’s grit and heart was a revelation. Here, the unenviable position of trailing Dimitrov by a break in the fourth set simply inspired Fery’s very best tennis as he dragged himself into a final set.
A common refrain from figures involved with British tennis is that Fery carries himself with immense self-belief. This was clear from the first games of his Centre Court bow as he immediately settled, his excellent serving allowing him to immediately build momentum and confidence. He barely made a mistake for a set and a half, pairing his immaculate shot tolerance and depth with well-timed injections of pace and forays to the net, where he is so comfortable. His two-handed backhand was supreme.

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So next for Fery in the last eight it’s the French Open runner-up Cobolli, and while the Italian is having the summer of his life, is the significantly higher-ranked opponent and will be the heavy favourite to win, there is some good news for the Brit: he did, as a qualifier, defeat the Italian in straight sets in their only previous meeting, in the Australian Open first round this year. It was his first match win at a grand slam away from Wimbledon.

As for Dimitrov, there’s no other way to put it: he blinked. At two sets to one and 4-3 ahead with the break, he should have got the job done, by far the more experienced of the two. Apparently he cried for two hours in the locker room after injury cruelly cut him down when two sets to love up against Jannik Sinner at the same stage last year; this defeat will cut deep too. As a member of the lost generation, the 1990s-born players who were tipped for greatness but failed to win any slams in the Big Three era and were then superseded by the Big Two of Sinner and Alcaraz, perhaps the 35-year-old will never get such a good chance again to go deep at Wimbledon.

15,000 spectators are still on their feet, including Federer, who then applauds Fery off the court. What a pinch-me moment for the 23-year-old – but he seems so calm with it. He looked to be in a state of disbelief during the interview, but not fazed by the attention at all. He’s emulated England’s heroics against Mexico by reaching the quarter-finals and surely it more than makes up for all the British destruction in the first round. That seems a distant memory now.

“I’ve no words,” Fery says, shaking his head. “It’s incredibly tough to put words to what I’ve just felt on the tennis court, in front of you guys. The support was just phenomenal. I won’t swear again! I grew up five minutes from here, coming to watch matches on this court, we’ve got probably the greatest of all time watching in the front row [cue some applause from Federer] and [me] winning; it’s just unbelievable. I just kept fighting [when two games from defeat in the fourth set] and it paid off.”

Fery defeats Dimitrov 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)!

Arthur Fery celebrates victory over Grigor Dimitrov in five sets. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

… Fery is a wall at the net, he looks like he’s still enjoying himself out there, relishing every moment in the match of his life, but Dimitrov has, of course, the far greater experience and should have the nous to finish the Brit off from here. But he froze in the fourth set … and an ace from Fery, followed by a forehand that just whistles wide from Dimitrov and it’s 8-6 Fery … !

… and now Dimitrov blinks, just as he did in the fourth set when leading by two sets to one and 4-3 with the break, and he double faults! So they’re back on serve with Dimitrov 6-5 ahead …

… but concedes the mini break two points later when Dimitrov decides to take matters into his own hands, coming to the net and knifing a winning volley. Fery’s forehand then flops into the net – a collective Wimblegroan follows – and Dimitrov moves 5-4 ahead, with two serves to come …

Thanks Daniel. Right, no time to lose, so let’s get on with this. As it’s the fifth set this breaker will be first to 10 rather than seven, and the first three points go the server’s way, with Dimitrov taking a 2-1 lead. Dimitrov slices into the tramlines and it’s 2-2. Cue a “LET’S GO ARTHUR, LET’S GO.” At least it’s not “all aboard the Fery” again. Fery makes it 3-2 … before the first glimmer appears for Fery, when Dimitrov dumps into the net after an aggressive ploy from Fery, hitting a stinging return off the second serve before charging forward and drawing the error! So Fery leads 4-2 …

Righto, Katy is here to take over from me, so she’ll croon you through the thrill of of it all; enjoy!

Dimitrov quickly makes 30-0, then Fery returns into the net and we’re a point away from a match breaker … which Dimitrov secures to 15, stepping in to dispatch a forehand winner. Here we go!

Has Dimitrov upped it? He makes 0-15 then 15-30 … but from there, Fery secures the hold, I’m just not sure how because my Chrome crashes. At 6-5 in the fifth, Dimitrov must now serve to stay in the competition.

Fery makes 0-15, but Dimitrov fires down an ace then tickles a gorgeous drop on the half-volley, coming in. Oh, but a return to the corner incites the backhand error, Ferry again noising up the crowd, and at 30-all, he’s two points from ridiculousness. So Dimitrov nails a 138mph serve, his fastest of the match, before running around a forehand to dematerialise a winner down the line; that’s 5-5, and this is so much fun it’s silly.

At 15-all, Fery goes unnecessarily wide, but a big serve-volley combo levels the game, then Dimitrov misses a backhand down the line. But a framed forehand takes us to deuce, and these are the moments, the crowd making sure both players are well aware. A first serve goes into the net and then, into the rally, Dimitrov has a chance to send a forehand down the line … but he either pulls back or is too tired to hit it properly, guiding the ball into the tape, and on advantage, Fery does really well to swing a backhand to the corner, coming in to put away a testing volley. He’s enjoying this, saluting the crowd as they go to sit down, and at 4-5, Dimitrov must serve to stay in the championships! What a recovery this has been from the Brit who, not that long ago was down 2-1 and a break.

Taylor Fritz (6) beats Alexander Bublik 7-6(1) 6-4 6-4

Fritz does all that’s asked of him – not much really – and he’s into a last-eight tussle with Alexander Zverev or Jiri Lehecka.

Taylor Fritz celebrates victory in his round of 16 match. Photograph: Kieran McManus/Shutterstock

Fery makes 30-all on the Dimitrov serve, but a forehand winner down the line, followed by a service-winner, secures the hold for 4-4, and this now a test of nerve for both players.

Bublik has battled through two five-setters to not bother turning up here, but at 3-5, 40-15, he enjoys his moment, a trick underarm serve forcing Fritz to serve for the match at 7-6 6-4 5-4.

A stray Fery forehand gives Dimitrov 30-all; pressure. But a decent body-serve can only be blocked back, the forehand that follows concussive, then Dimitrov goes long and at 4-3 in the fifth, The Young Brit^TM is two games away.

Just as I’m about to type “excellent hold from Dimitrov”, he dumps a putaway volley at 40-15 to increase the pressure he’s under, then Fery steps in to attack a second serve … and overhits it, thrashing way long. We’re level at 3-3min the fifth; Fritz leads Bublik 2-1 4-2.

A brilliant service game from Griggzy, sealed with an ace, has Fery back serving almost as soon as he stoped, at 2-2 in the fifth, and he makes -15 with a vicious forehand which breaks the sideline, tidying it up at net. But when a slice down the line comes back, he can’t respond, then Fery again closes to 30-all, outlasting Dimitrov in the next rally too, the fresher man now, and he salutes the crowd on securing his hold, the match looking therer for him than at any point hitherto. He leads 3-2 in the fifth.

This, I’m afraid, a total no-show from Bublik, who isn’t dialled-in at all and is trying random stuff for the hell of it. Fritz breaks him without having to do all that much and now leads 7-6 6-4 2-1, four holds from the last eight. Fery, meanwhile, holds for 2-1 in the fifth, and if he can keep serving well, the match will come down to a point here and there, giving him a decent chance of snaffling it.

A hold apiece opens set three on Centre and I still think Dimitrov, serving second, will play as well as he needs to to win this. Any more games off, though, and he’ll be in trouble, because Fery is excellent under pressure but second-best for as long as this is a test of skill and power.

Yup, Fritz serves out to love, up 40-0 and offering a simple putaway, so Bublik leaps into it and thrashes way long, then laughs at the hilarity of it all. It’s simplistic, but that is one major difference between these two: one takes it seriously and one doesn’t quite – without the ability to get away with it. Fritz leads 7-6 6-4 and I’d be shocked if he didn’t progress.

Meantime, Bublik donates a break in a manner we rarely see Fritz do; the American leads 7-6 5-4, and I can’t see him making the same errors Dimitrov did.

In comms, they think Dimitrov tightened with the finishing line in sight; I felt he lost focus, if anything a tad complacent. And he opens a game he must win to stay in the set with a double, then a wrong-footing forehand makes it 10 points in a row for Fery. Gosh, and when Griggzy nets a volley, he’s down three set points, saving the first and second, the latter of the two with a glorious swished backhand … only to charge the net and be passed! Goodness me! Somehow, Arthur Fery takes the fourth set 6-4 and to a decider we go! Amazing character from the young Brit, Centre Court acclaiming him in the proper manner.

Wow, Arthur Fery just won’t go away … or Dimitrov keeps thinking the job is done, losing focus. I nip to get a drink, return, and find the Brit’s broken back for 4-4 in the fourth, then he holds to love and suddenly a bit of scoreboard pressure is in his favour: Dimitrov must hold to stay in the set.

Arthur Fery during his match against Grigor Dimitrov. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

We’re on serve in both our active sets, Fery missing a line backhand at 3-3 30-15 and Dimitrov probing the slice before waiting for a ball to hit, a forehand whipped to the corner giving him break point. And doesn’t he take it well, forehands followed by more backhand fun – a short, oblique slice – opening up the volley, and that’s another break. Griggzy is two games away at 4-3 in the fourth, while Fritz leads Bublik 7-6 1-2.

There’s a right rum do going on in men’s doubles, with the ATP proposing to take money being taken out of that system to be fed to singles players. They actually attempted something similar in 2005, but Federer and Nadal went into the board meeting and said not a chance you’re doing that, they dubs players are tennis professionals who shouldn’t be losing their jobs – they earn a fraction of the overall money and the best singles players are doing well enough.

Now, though, the top 10 are giving it the it’s a business thing – which it isn’t, the ATP, behind the change, are a governing body, and the money involved remains minute. Reilly Opelka, say, 109 in the world, has won six tennis matches this year and made about half a million dollars, similar to those ranked around him, and he’s saying doubles players earn too much. If there was no doubles and the money saved was distributed among the relevant singles types, they’d earn around $550,000 instead.

The idea is to give the doubles money to players ranked 50-80 in singles – who’ve already made close a million this year with more to come. There are no extra jobs being created – none of the money is going to grass routes to get more people earning a living through tennis. Rather, it’s being taken from the people who make the least and given to those who make enough.

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Gosh, Bublik has vanished, Fritz racing to a 5-0 lead and all his hard work over the last 39 minutes for nothing. His mercurial talent just doesn’t have solid enough fundamentals, whereas Fritz pretty much knows he can’t dip below a certain level – an ace gives him 6-1, then a netted return seals the set, and he leads 7-6(1). Meantime, Fery breaks Dimitrov back for 2-2 in the fourth; he’s not quite out of this match yet.

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