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Safiullin continue dream run into Wimbledon quarter-finals

Storm Sanders was Australia’s hero after she won the first singles rubber before returning for the deciding doubles match alongside 38-year-old Samantha Stosur.

Russia’s Roman Safiullin serves to Canada’s Denis Shapovalov during the men’s singles match against on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 9, 2023.
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World number 92 Roman Safiullin reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon on Sunday when he defeated Denis Shapovalov in four sets.

The 25-year-old Russian, who had never previously passed the second round of a major and was making his Wimbledon debut, came through 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 against the 26th-seeded Canadian, a semi-finalist two years ago.

Safiullin had only won one match on grass prior to coming to the tournament.

His reward is a match-up with either Jannik Sinner, the Italian eighth seed, or Colombia’s Daniel Elahi Galan of Colombia, for a place in the semi-finals.

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