Garcia, Van Rijthoven, Isner: what to remember from the fifth day of Wimbledon

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Caroline Garcia in great shape

We can't stop Caroline Garcia anymore.

Winner last week in Bad Homburg of the 8th title of her career, the Lyonnaise signed Friday against the Chinese Shuai Zhang (41st) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5), her eighth victory of in a row, which had not happened to her since she had achieved the Wuhan-Beijing double in 2017. The 55th in the world finds the round of 16 as in 2017, her best result to date on the London lawn.

She will try on Sunday to climb into the quarters against the Czech Marie Bouzkova (66th) for her sixth career round of 16 in a Grand Slam tournament.

Humbert's regrets, Parry's impotence

For her first Wimbledon, Diane Parry, 77th in the world, was logically dominated by the Tunisian Ons Jabeur 6-2, 6-3 in 1h08.

The Boulonnaise, already in the 3rd round at Roland-Garros, declared herself "very disappointed" with her performance against the world number 2.

For his part, Ugo Humbert gave in to the experienced David Goffin.

Very offensive, the Messin took the lead (6-4), before gradually suffering the tactical science of his opponent (6-4, 5-7, 2-6, 5-7), in 2h50 of play. Sometimes brilliant but too inconsistent, the 24-year-old, who fell beyond the top 100, however regained some confidence this week.

To confirm.

Read alsoWimbledon: Parry “very disappointed”, after her defeat against Jabeur

Read alsoWimbledon: Despite his defeat against Goffin, Humbert found “joy on the field”

The Prodigy

Carlos Alcaraz, gaining momentum.

The phenomenon swept the German Oscar Otte (36th) 6-3, 6-1, 6-2, Friday in the 3rd round.

The 7th player in the world will face the Italian Jannik Sinner (13th) in the round of 16 for a nice clash between two of the best representatives of the new generation.

At 19, the Spaniard is the youngest player to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon, since Bernard Tomic who was 18 in 2011. He also puts on a show, like this fabulous passing shot right.

The favourite

The Djoko express is running at full speed.

The three-time defending champion, outclassed his Serbian Davis Cup teammate Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday, signing his 330th Grand Slam victory and his 35th consecutive victory on Center Court.

“I'm playing better and better as the tournament goes on.

I know I can always do better, but so far so good!”

Hard to contradict him.

Sensation

The Tim Van Rijthoven fairy tale continues at Wimbledon.

Unknown before triumphing at home at the 's-Hertogenbosch tournament, by outclassing world number one Daniil Medvedev in the final, the Dutchman definitely has a green thumb, he who is only playing his third tournament on the main circuit this week.

Before his coronation, he had never won a match on the big circuit.

At Wimbledon, Van Rijthoven honors his invitation.

Here he is in the round of 16 after his controlled success against Basilashvili on Friday.

Could the fairy tale continue against tournament favorite Novak Djokovic in the round of 16 on Sunday?

Read alsoTennis: the incredible fairy tale of the unknown Tim van Rijthoven

The number

13729

With 13729 the American John Isner, who lost to Jannick Sinner 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, was solitary by officially becoming the player who scored the most aces in the history of the sport, surpassing Ivo Karlovic and his 13,729 aces.

Roger Federer is third in this ranking 11,478 aces, is already very far.

The surprise

World number 5 Maria Sakkari was taken out by Germany's Tatjana Maria (6-3, 7-5).

A real surprise even if the 26-year-old Greek has never passed the third round stage at Wimbledon in six appearances.

The 103rd player in the world, aged 34, achieves her best Grand Slam result.

She had put her career on hold after the birth of her second child.

Since her return to the courts in the summer of 2021, she has won a title and is playing the best tennis of her life this week.

His future opponent Jelena Ostapenko has been warned.

The celebration

That of the Belgian Elise Mertens, on the verge of tears, after her victory against the winner of the 2018 edition Angelique Kerber, 19th in the world 6-4-7-5.

Mertens equals his best result in the London Grand Slam.

Waiting for better?

The first one

Easy winner of the American Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-1, 6-0, the Briton Cameron Norrie qualifies for his first round of 16 Grand Slam.

The tweet

Very active on social networks Nick Kyrgios who faces Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday for the shock of the 3rd round, wanted to speak this Friday.

Just like him, quite whimsical on the courts, Alexander Bublick attempted no less than six underarm services during his defeat against Frances Tiafoé.

Kyrgios, follower of this kind of fantasy, blew: “I love it, it's different.

But if it was me, I would be accused of swinging the game and fined at least 15,000 pounds.

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The International Tennis Federation the ITF announced on Friday the suspension for fifteen months of the major figure of wheelchair tennis in France.

Stéphane Houdet, 51, winner of four Grand Slam singles tournaments, was suspended due to three no-shows during doping controls.