Raonic, Goffin Into Wimbledon Last 16
Raonic, Goffin Into Wimbledon Last 16
Gasquet vs Ramos-Vinolas, Isner vs Gasquet to return Sunday
Sixth seed Milos Raonic will challenge No. 11 seed David Goffin in the fourth round of The Championships on Monday.
Raonic, who advanced to the 2014 Wimbledon semi-finals (l. to Federer), knocked out No. 27 seed Jack Sock 7-6(2), 6-4, 7-6(1) on Saturday in a match that finished at 8:42 p.m. local time.
“I think I created quite a few chances there [on his serve] towards the third set,” said Raonic. “I played way too passive on pretty much all of them. On one of them, he had an incredible forehand cross‑court. I’m happy with the way I was able to get it done in three sets and move on and give myself another challenge looking forward.”
In a close first set, Raonic won four of the first six points in the tie-break and secured a service break in the seventh game of the second set. With his 34th victory of the year in sight, Raonic played a near perfect third-set tie-break to wrap-up the day’s play on Centre Court.
Raonic recorded his eighth straight win in nine FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings over Sock. The Canadian also won their 2014 Wimbledon second-round meeting 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Goffin reached the fourth round for the second successive year with a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 victory over World No. 116 Denis Istomin. It was his 25th match win at the four Grand Slam championships.
“I’m feeling a little bit tired,” said Goffin. “The last two days have been tough with the rain. It’s tough to wait in the locker room. You try to eat, you try to stay calm, and you never know when you’re going to go on court and stuff. It’s tough. But, at the end, I’m really happy to get through to the fourth round for the second time here.”
Elsewhere, seventh seed Richard Gasquet will sleep on a 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 lead against Albert Ramos-Vinolas after bad light stopped play at the All England Club. Gasquet’s compatriot, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the No. 12 seed, saved two break points at 5-5 in the third set to prolong his clash with No. 18 seed John Isner to Sunday. Isner led 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-7(5) when play was suspended at 9:20 p.m.
There will be play on the Middle Sunday at Wimbledon for only the fourth time, after 1991, 1997 and 2004. The grass-court major’s seventh day is traditionally a rest day.