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Patna : Fifth seed Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia; 8th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, 33, Spain; and 25th seed Karen Khachanov, 25, Russia, reached Wimbledon 4th round winning their respective 3rd round matches on July 2, 2021.
World No 7 Rublev beat 26th seed Fabio Fognini, 34, Italy, in four-sets 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 on Court No 3 in 3rd round at Wimbledon, London, UK. Rublev hammered 13 Qces during the match to 9 by the Italian. Fognini committed 6 double faults to 4 by the Russian. Rublev, on the other hand, won 5 break points during the match to 2 by World No 31 Fognini. Rublev also won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by the Italian. The Russian, in all, won 149 points to 128 by Fognini.
World N0 29 Khachanov beat World No 57 Frances Tiafoe, 23, USA, in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in third round winning 3 break points and 3 games in a row during the match. Khachanov fired 13 Aces during the match to 4 by Tiafoe, who had stunned 3rd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, in first round. The Russian, in all, won 91 points during the match to 70 by the American.
World No 10 Agut defeated World No 62 Dominik Koepfer, 27, Germany, in straight sets 7-5, 6-1, 7-6 in 3rd round on Court 2. Agut won 8 break points during the match to 5 by Koepfer. The German fired 6 Aces during the match to 3 by the Spaniard. Koepfer committed 8 double faults to 4 by Agut. The Spaniard won 6 games in a row during the match to 4 by the German. Agut, in all, won 109 points to 90 by Koepfer.
17th seed Cristian Garin, 25, Chile, beat World No 107 Pedro Martinez, 24, Spain, in a tough four-set contest 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in 3rd round to raech 4th round. Garin hammered 15 Aces in the match to 5 by Pedro Martinez, who had stunned 13th seed Goel Monfils, 34, France, in 2nd round. Garin won 5 breal points during the match to 3 by Martinez. The Spaniard though won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by Garin.
6th seed Roger Federer, 39, Switzerland, and 32nd Marin Cilic, 32, Croatia, reached Wimbledon 3rd round on July 1, 2021, night. Federer beat Richard Gasqyet, 34, France, 7-6, 6-1, 6-4 in 2nd round winning 3 break points and 7 games in a row during the match.