Christopher Eubanks broke a long-standing Wimbledon record for most winners hit at the tournament.
Christopher Eubanks arrived in London after winning his maiden ATP trophy in Mallorca and he probably had no idea what was waiting for him. Spectacular play saw him defeat the likes of Stefanos Tsitsipas to set up a quarter-final clash with Daniil Medvedev.
He was up 2-1 in sets against the Russian with the 4th set being decided in the tiebreak but ultimately he lost in five sets. It was a spectacular performance from Eubanks who was playing the best tennis of his career and it's not even close.
He's always been very determined to finish points on his own terms and it's been working wonders at Wimbledon. He blasted 74 winners against Medvedev and it actually allowed him to break a longstanding Wimbledon record.
His 321 winners at the event are the most winners we've seen from a player at Wimbledon, ever. The player who held the record until now was Andre Agassi who previously set it in 1992. Let's put this into perspective quickly, shall we?
Since 1992 we've seen incredible players both compete and win the event. Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic are some of them and none of them hit as many winners as Eubanks. Yes, his style of play is far more aggressive than any of those players, but it's a remarkable record to hold, and mind you, he did it with a run to the quarter-finals.
If he somehow won against Medvedev he could have added 50 or so more and that could have probably put the record out of reach. We'll see if somebody will have more in the future but as the game trends to more aggressive playstyles, it's possible. For now, Eubanks holds it, and he should be pretty happy about it even after the loss to Medvedev.
"No, I know what I do well, and I know what I don't do well with. I know playing an aggressive game style typically bodes well for me. So, yeah, it's a game style that I've had since I really started playing tennis at a high level, starting as a teenager, 15, 16, 17. I kind of went for my shots. I'm okay with living and dying by the mistakes. There are going to be days where I have a high unforced errors count. I know that comes with the game style, and I'm okay with that."
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