Diego Schwartzman, seeded ninth, and Daniel Evans, 22nd, were the favorites who did not reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon this Friday by losing to players who weren't. Russians Andrey Rublev (5th) and Karen Khachanov (25th) did not fail, apart from Djokovic (1st) and Garin (17th), waiting for what Denis Shapovalov (10th) does against Andy Murray.
Schwartzman fell to the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (29 years and 48th), who entered the tournament in good shape and won 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (6) and 6-4 in 2:17. The 28-year-old Argentine remains anchored in a third round that he has never surpassed at the British Grand Slam. Like Evans, who could not with another tennis player who is on fire, in American Sebastian Korda, who has trusted almost everything to the grass season and won 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4 in 2:24.
Fucsovics will face Rublev, who had to work hard to get rid of Italian Fabio Fognini (26th) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 and 6-2 in 2:59. The Muscovite has gone further than ever at Wimbledon and wants more. Korda will meet another Russian, Khachanov, who is comfortable on the All England grass and easily beat the powerful American Frances Tiafoe (6-3, 6-4 and 6-4 in 1:46.
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