Carlos Alcaraz

The young talents made their Centre Court debuts hours after Wimbledon celebrated the main stage's 100th anniversary, and they provided a foil to a ...

You are playing and knowing all the historic matches that were played there that were so important to the game. Though seeded 10th at Wimbledon, Sinner had never won a match on grass on the main tour until arriving at the All England Club, but it was difficult to understand why as he navigated the grass and generated huge punching power with his groundstrokes against Alcaraz off shots hit from all different kinds of heights. I have to manage the nerves better. The temptation to end the exchange was understandable. Sinner has made a smart hire this summer, employing Darren Cahill, a former player, veteran coach and ESPN analyst, as a grass-court consultant. “But it’s more knowing all the story behind this court. Sinner will now face Djokovic, the three-time defending champion at Wimbledon, in the quarterfinals after Djokovic defeated Tim van Rijthoven, a late-blooming Dutch wild-card entrant, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, on Sunday night. Sinner was setting a torrid pace from the baseline, but it was a testament to Alcaraz’s talent and competitive fire that he turned a potential straight-sets defeat into something much more compelling. It certainly looks that way, and they have been the present of the game at times, upsetting their elders, winning tour titles and reaching the quarterfinals at Grand Slam tournaments. That seemed to be the key statistic. “I think what we showed today, it’s a great level of tennis, great attitude from both of us,” Sinner said. I think it’s just great for tennis to have also some new names, new players.”

Despite losing to Jannik Sinner in the fourth round on Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz believes that the grass-court experience he has gained at Wimbledon will ...

“After the third set I had chances to break to be up in the fourth, but I couldn't take the chances. For sure he's going to be in the top for many years. “I hope to have a good rivalry with him. I was trying to get better, trying to think [about] what was happening… But I would say I'm going to be a great player here on grass.” Now I'm thinking that I could be a great player on grass.

Italian Jannik Sinner swept 19-year-old Spanish phenom Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round of Wimbledon.

Czech Marie Bouzkova beat former world No. 4 Caroline Garcia of France. Bouzkova had never before gotten past the second round in 13 majors. Goffin next gets No. 9 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain, who swept the 30th seed Paul 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. “I didn’t expect it because I was not playing so well on grass,” said Sinner, who hadn’t won a tour-level main draw match on the surface before this event. Norrie is the first British man to make the Wimbledon quarterfinals since Andy Murray made the last of his 10 in a row in 2017 and the first one other than Murray to do so since Tim Henman in 2004. Also Sunday, Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul each lost in bids to become the first American man to make a major quarterfinal since the 2020 Australian Open. Two more Americans — Taylor Fritz and Brandon Nakashima — get their chances Monday. Alcaraz won tournaments in Miami, Barcelona and Madrid in the spring, breaking into the world top 10 and becoming a popular pick for the French Open. He lost in the quarterfinals in Paris to Alexander Zverev.