Match Report
Fritz advances to Wimbledon QFs after Thompson retires
Khachanov defeats Majchrzak to reach last eight
July 06, 2025
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Taylor Fritz and Jordan Thompson share words on Sunday at Wimbledon.
By Sam Jacot
Taylor Fritz advanced to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the third time on Sunday when Australian Jordan Thompson was forced to retire due to injury. The fifth-seeded American led Tompson 6-1, 3-0 when the 31-year-old ended play on No. 1 Court due to back pain.
Fritz arrived in London off the back of a record fourth Eastbourne title last week and was pushed to his limits in his opening two matches at SW19. The No. 5 player in the PIF ATP Rankings rallied from the brink to defeat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets in the first round and then went the distance against Gabriel Diallo in round two. He downed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in four sets in the third round.
Having spent nine hours and 43 minutes on court through his first three matches, Fritz was on the grass for just 40 minutes against Thompson, who had heavy strapping on his right leg and struggled with a back issue in the pair’s third Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting.
“It is not the way I want to go through,” Fritz said. “I was really excited to play Jordan today. I was excited to play some good tennis and it is just sad. He has been battling. He has been playing five setters. He was out playing a long doubles match yesterday, so he has been battling out here and respect to him for coming out. His body is not right, so I feel bad for him and hope he feels better.”
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Fritz is 12th in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin and will hope to lift himself into the Top 10 with victory in the quarter-finals against Karen Khachanov. Fritz will hope to return to Italy for the prestigious year-end event in 2025, having advanced to the title match at the Nitto ATP Finals last season (l. to Jannik Sinner).
Thompson won five setters in his first two matches and defeated Luciano Darderi in four sets in the third round. Earlier this week the Australian opened up on playing through the pain of injury. The World No. 44 was competing in the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time.
Fritz’s next opponent, Khachanov, ended the run of Pole Kamil Majchrzak with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 triumph on No. 2 Court. Khachanov, a quarter-finalist at SW19 in 2021, rallied from 2-5 down against Nuno Borges in the fifth set to advance to the fourth round and backed that up with a comfortable win against Majchrzak.
The seven-time tour-level titlist struck 44 winners to 21 unforced errors and broke Majchrzak’s serve six times to advance after one hour and 48 minutes. Khachanov is now 8-2 on grass this year, having reached the semi-finals at the ATP 500 event in Halle.
