Humbert returns to Wimbledon fourth round, faces Alcaraz next
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a beat the rain to wrap up a four-set victory against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/brandon-nakashima/n0ae/overview'Brandon Nakashima/a on a gloomy Saturday at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a. The 16th-seeded Frenchman closed out a a 7-6(9), 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(8) victory in a brief window of play on the outer courts./p
pIn a match that was delayed from Friday, Humbert and Nakashima's wait was further extended by early rain on Saturday before play began around 1 p.m. While play lasted for less than 30 minutes on the outer courts, that was enough time for Humbert to win the fourth-set tie-break./p
pThe 16th seed, through to the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a fourth round for the first time since his 2019 debut, will next meet defending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a./p
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pHumbert clinched victory on his fourth match point after leading 6/3 in the decisive tie-break. The Frenchman is up one place to No. 15 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings this week; his career-high PIF ATP Ranking is No. 13, achieved in April./p
pThe Frenchman will meet Alcaraz for their first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting on Sunday. The Spaniard survived a five-set thriller against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a to continue his title defence with a 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2 result./p
pIn the same section of the draw, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-bautista-agut/bd06/overview'Roberto Bautista Agut/a clawed past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabio-fognini/f510/overview'Fabio Fognini/a 7-6(6), 3-6, 5-7, 7-6(1), 6-4 in a battle of former Top 10 players./p
pThe Spaniard is into the fourth round of a major for just the second time since the start of the 2022 season. Bautista Agut advanced to the semi-finals of a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a in 2019./p
pNearly the first four sets were played Friday, with Fognini taking a two-sets-to-one advantage. But upon the resumption late in the fourth set, Bautista Agut dominated the tie-break and used the momentum to win the deciding set./p
pThe No. 75 player in the PIF ATP Live Rankings will next face 12th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a, who cruised past 23rd seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-bublik/bk92/overview'Alexander Bublik/a on Friday. Bautista Agut won the pair's first three Lexus ATP Head2Head meetings, but Paul has claimed their two matches since to narrow the deficit to 2-3./p
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