Day 7 and the first time there have been scheduled matches on what used to be rest day. In the ladies draw we once again so some upsets. Bouzkova knocked out in form Garcia in straight sets. Maria knocked out 12th seed and possible favourite to reach the final, Ostapenko. Ostapenko took the first set and led by a break in the 2nd set. Maria fought back to take the match to a decider. Maria was the first to break and was serving for the match at 5-4 before Ostapenko broke back. Maria kept her cool as she broke Ostapenko and then this time managed to serve it out to book her spot in the quarter-finals. German Niemeier knocked out Brit, Watson, in straight sets. Last ladies match of the day was between 3rd seed, Jabeur, and 24th seed, Mertens. The first set was tightly contested and ended up going to a tiebreak. Jabeur managing to save set points and eventually took it 11 points to 9. She went on to win the 2nd set 6-4 and book her spot in the quarter-finals. With the bottom half of the ladies so open, is this Jabeur’s chance?

In the men’s draw we saw an epic match between 23rd seed, Tiafoe, and unseeded Belgium, Goffin. Tiafoe led the Belgium 2 sets to 1 before Goffin took the next 2 sets to book his place in the quarter-finals. He will face 9th seed and home favourite, Norrie, who knocked out Paul in straight sets. The battle of the youngsters to maybe the surprise of some went to Sinner as he knocked out 5th seed, Alcaraz in 4 sets. The last match of the day was between unseeded but in form, Van Rojthoven against number 1 in the world Djokovic. Djokovic showed his class in the first set before Van Rojthoven proved why he has had success on grass as he made it 1 set all. Djokovic was ultimately to good as he dropped just 3 games in the following 2 sets to book his spot in another Wimbledon quarter-final.

Onto the fantasy leaderboard and we have another change in lead. ‘Team Kickbutt’ moves up from 2nd to 1st. ‘Boris the Grand Slammer’ also moves up 1 spot to 2nd. ‘Shot in the Dark 2’ drops 2 spots to a joint 3rd with ‘Grassettini’. ‘My Dream Team’ slots into 5th place after day 7. We have our wooden spoon winner. ‘Kiss My Ace’ wins the Wimbledon 2022 wooden spoon. Day 7 also saw ‘Body Shots’ being eliminated.

Results on day 7

• Bouzkova beat Garcia – 7-5; 6-2
• Maria beat Ostapenko(12) – 5-7; 7-5; 7-5
• Niemeier beat Watson – 6-2; 6-4
• Jabeur(3) beat Mertens(24) – 7-6(9); 6-4
• Goffin beat Tiafoe(23) – 7-6(3); 5-7; 5-7; 6-4; 7-5
• Norrie(9) beat Paul(30) – 6-4; 7-5; 6-4
• Sinner(10) beat Alcaraz(5) – 6-1; 6-4; 6-7(8); 6-3
• Djokovic(1) beat Van Rojthoven – 6-2; 4-6; 6-1; 6-2

Jared

Jared matriculated in 2020 from Wynberg Boys High School in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa. His passion for tennis afforded him the opportunity of travelling to Europe. He is a quizmaster and a tennis fantasy league organiser.http://Eishonline.co.za/jftl