Fritz outclasses Bublik to reach a third straight Wimbledon quarterfinal
Taylor Fritz won against Alexander Bublik 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4 on Monday evening. He’ll face the winner of the match between Czech Jiri Lehecka, the No 13 seed, and German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, in the next round
Taylor Fritz, Wimbledon 2026 | © Keeran Marquis/Fotoarena/SPP/Psnewz
American sixth seed Taylor Fritz reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for a third year in a row on Monday evening, outclassing Kazakh 10th seed Alexander Bublik 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4. The world No. 7 was rarely troubled, running away with the opening tie-break and never facing a serious threat on his own serve thereafter.
It is Fritz’s seventh Grand Slam quarterfinal and his 65th career win over a top-20 opponent. It also extended an outstanding grass-court season: he is 11-2 on the surface in 2026, with both of those defeats coming in finals, at Stuttgart and Halle.
“It’s a really tough match against him”, Fritz said after the match. “Just to get through it in three straight, especially after going down a break to start the first set, I’m super happy with how I played. It’s always going to come down to big points here and there – any time you have two big servers, the margins are very small. When I got my opportunities, I took them, and when he had chances on my serve, I did really well to get out of it.”
Fritz will next face the winner of Czech 13th seed Jiri Lehecka and German second seed Alexander Zverev, who meet in the last match of the day on Centre Court.
His route to the last eight has been the smoother of the two. Fritz dropped just one set on the way, to Italian Lorenzo Sonego, having also seen off compatriot Patrick Kypson and Serb Dusan Lajovic. Bublik arrived the hard way, surviving two five-setters – including a third-round win over American 17th seed Frances Tiafoe – but found no way through on Monday.
He keeps the ball low, sometimes even too low.
“It was not an easy match”, Bublik said to the media. “I didn’t have a lot left in the tank after Frances’ match, but I did everything to prepare and I fought until the end. It was a bit unlucky at the start – I was up a break and he broke me back. That was my fault, not to leave the set up. At the breaker he was better; he was clearly the better player today. He played very clean and didn’t give me a lot of chances.”
“It’s never easy to play him, especially on grass”, Bublik added. “He’s beaten me three out of three on grass because his game really suits it. He keeps the ball low, sometimes even too low, and he serves big. Next time we face each other on grass, I just need to be a better version of myself and make him run a bit more.”
