The first of many for Carlitos Alcaraz. Image: @carlosalcaraz / Twitter
R69 Billion surprise star dumped out of Wimbledon quarterfinals
Must be nice to have that much loot.
The first of many for Carlitos Alcaraz. Image: @carlosalcaraz / Twitter
Wimbledon saw a few shocks on Tuesday as Emma Navarro, the richest tennis player on the planet, bowed out of the tournament. Carlos Alcaraz, however, showed his class again to rally back from a set down.
Navarro’s Wimbledon fairytale run ended by Paolini
23-year-old American Emma Navarro, the richest player on the planet with an estimated net worth of $3.8 billion because of a future inheritance handed down by her father Ben Navarro, was dumped out of Wimbledon at the quarter-final stage by Italian star Jasmine Paolini. Paolini, runner-up at Roland Garros in June, was too good for Navarro winning 6-2 6-1. It’s been a meteoric rise for Navarro, though, whose victims at Wimbledon this year included two former Grand Slam champions; Naomi Osaka and World Number Two Coco Gauff. Unseeded Croatian Donna Vekic beat qualifier New Zealander Lulu Sun to book her place in the final four against Paolini.
Alcaraz shows his class
Defending men’s champion Carlos Alcaraz shrugged off an early fight from talented, in-form American Tommy Paul to win comfortably 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-2. He’ll face the ever-entertaining Russian Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals; Medvedev beat World Number One Jannik Sinner in five sets, although Sinner struggled with fatigue and didn’t look well. Novak Djokovic vs the Aussie Alex De Minaur and Taylor Fritz against talented Italian Lorenzo Musetti rounds out the quarter-final action.
Ladies draw looks wide open in 2024
2022 winner Elena Rybakina is the only former Wimbledon champion left in the draw this year. Meanwhile, Barbora Krejčíková and Jelena Ostapenko are both former Roland Garros winners and the only other players in the final eight with Grand Slam titles.
Wimbledon quarter-finals lineup on Wednesday 10 July
- Jeļena Ostapenko vs Barbora Krejčíková
- Elena Rybakina vs Elina Svitolina
- Lorenzo Musetti vs Taylor Fritz
- Alex De Minaur vs Novak Djoković
Who’s your pick for the Wimbledon singles titles this year? Will Alcaraz defend his crown?
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