Upsets ruled Day 4 at Wimbledon.
So while Andreeva could be the future of women's tennis, Wawrinka proved Thursday he can still very much play with the younger generation on the men's side.While Fritz's Wimbledon bid ended in defeat, the other top-10-ranked American, Frances Tiafoe, remained in the running after a three-set win over Dominic Stephan Stricker. But it wasn't a walk in the park. Tiafoe and Stricker battled in an intense opening set that included 24 tiebreak points.
Alycia Parks lost to Ana Bogdan. Though Parks won the first frame, Bogdan rallied to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.Elise Mertens fell to Elina Svitolina in three sets. Svitolina, the unseeded Ukrainian, cruised to an opening set win, then faltered in the second only to rebound ferociously in the third and final frame. Svitolina beat the 28th-seeded Mertens out of Belgium 6-1, 1-6, 6-1.
Jule Niemeier, a year removed from her quarterfinal appearance at last year's Wimbledon, has eyes on a repeat performance after she beat 16th-seeded Karolína Muchová, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1.Other notable results Andrey Rublev, the No. 7 seed, rebounded after an opening set loss to beat Aslan Karatsev in four sets, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.
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