Wimbledon 2024: Navarro topples Gauff to reach QFs; Paul also through

"I really wanted to attack her forehand. I think she wanted to do the same to me. We found ourselves in a lot of forehand cross-court rallies. It was kind of a cat and mouse, who's going to change the pattern first.

I love matches like that where it feels like it's not just a hitting or striking competition, there's strategy involved. It feels like a chess match or something. That was really enjoyable for me."

Meanwhile, Keys' fortnight ended in tears at the hands of Roland Garros finalist Jasmine Paolini. After losing the first set but winning the second in a tiebreak (after leading 5-1 earlier), Keys looked poised to reach her third Wimbledon quarterfinal when she opened up a 5-2 lead in the third set. But she was broken serving for the match at 5-2, and after Paolini held for 5-4, Keys requested a medical timeout for a thigh injury. She returned in visible distress, with her movement hampered, and was broken again for 5-5 as she bravely soldiered on through tears. 

After Paolini served an ace for 15-15 at 5-5, Keys walked to the net to shake hands, before being applauded off by Paolini and the No. 1 Court crowd.

"[The match] was a rollercoaster because I think she's playing unbelievable. I was doing more mistakes, her level was going up. It's not easy to play against her because I think she's one of the best players in the world. Of course, she's hitting so fast," Paolini said afterwards.

"I hope she recovers soon."

Navarro will take a 3-0 head-to-head record against Paolini into the quarterfinals.

Paul's grass-court streak hits nine, Alcaraz awaits

Looking ahead, Paul and Alcaraz have split four previous meetings, all of which have come on hard courts.

"The serve is always the most important shot in men's tennis. That will be something that I'll want to do very well in my next round. But the return's also a very important shot," Paul said.

"We both play a pretty aggressive style of tennis. He's been playing pretty well and ultra aggressive. I mean, it's fun for people to watch. Honestly, it's fun to play against. I'm really excited for the matchup."

Elsewhere in men's action, Shelton's marathon week at Wimbledon came to an end with a 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(9) loss to world No. 1 Jannik Sinner. Due to rain and contined postponements and delays, Shelton found himself on court for the first seven days of Wimbledon consecutively, but rallied well to have four set poins in the third set.

Danielle Collins and Taylor Fritz will look to make it four Americans in the Wimbledon quarterfinals when they play their fourth round matches on Monday. No. 11 seed Collins faces former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, the No. 31 seed, while No. 13 seed Fritz faces Roland Garros finalist and No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev.