Querrey beats Tsonga to reach Wimbledon last 16
American Sam Querrey is through to the last 16 of Wimbledon, wrapping up his delayed match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in just five minutes.
The match on Court Two was halted for bad light just after 21:00 BST on Friday and when played resumed on Saturday, the 24th seed immediately broke France’s Tsonga to win 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 7-5.
Grigor Dimitrov is also through after Israel’s Dudi Sela retired with injury.
The Bulgarian was leading 6-1, 6-1.
Sela lost the first set in 23 minutes before he called for the trainer and then went off court for a medical time-out to treat an upper leg injury.
He returned 10 minutes later, but retired immediately after 13th seed Dimitrov had won the second set.
Last year’s runner-up Milos Raonic of Canada beat Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 7-5 to progress to the second week.
Gael Monfils, seeded 15, suffered a shock defeat by world number 51 Adrian Mannarino.
Monfils had been two sets to one up, but fell away in the final set against his fellow Frenchman, losing 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
Tomas Berdych, seeded 11, of the Czech Republic is through after beating Spanish veteran David Ferrer 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
Querrey, who knocked out Novak Djokovic on his way to the quarter-finals last year, said: “After such a great match it was a bit of an anti-climax in the end.
“I’ve been in that situation before (coming out to serve to stay in a match) and it’s tough.”