Stefanos Tsitsipas had a fairly humorous and artistic response to Lulu Solar’s upset round-of-16 victory over Emma Raducanu, saying the 23-year-old New Zealander has been “the one solar” at The Championships final week.
On Sunday night, 23-year-old qualifier Solar continued her fairytale Wimbledon debut after selecting up a 6-2 5-7 6-2 win over residence favourite Raducanu in her Centre Courtroom debut.
Resulting from rain that was continuously hampering play and suspending matches final week, Solar and Raducanu began and performed out their match below the closed roof.
“The one solar we had this week is Lulu,” Tsitsipas wrote on X after world No. 123 Solar made her first Grand Slam quarterfinal as a qualifier on the most prestigious tennis event on the planet.
The one solar we had this week is Lulu. https://t.co/9Uh8yzfwIc
— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@steftsitsipas) July 7, 2024
Solar was misplaced for phrases after upsetting Raducanu
“I do not actually have the phrases proper now…” Solar mentioned moments after beating Raducanu.
“It was an ideal match towards her…I actually dug deep to get the win. I actually needed to battle tooth and nail as a result of she is clearly going to run for each ball and battle till the tip.”
Since Solar is presently ranked at No. 123 on the planet and solely enjoying her second-ever Slam essential draw, this was her first likelihood to play on a Slam Centre Courtroom.
“Whereas strolling via the Centre Courtroom, I used to be similar to wanting round and taking all of it in for the primary time. I am simply tremendous pleased to have the ability to play on this court docket in entrance of all of you. It is simply such a tremendous expertise for me,” Solar revealed.
On Monday, Solar will return to the court docket to play towards Donna Vekic, who defeated Paula Badosa to additionally make her first Wimbledon quarterfinal.
Going into the match, former world No. 19 Vekic most likely has a small edge because of her expertise. Nonetheless, Solar has already beat Raducanu and Zheng Qinwen at Wimbledon and there’s no doubt that the New Zealander will enter the Vekic match closely assured.
