LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - Unseeded Russian Roman Safiullin reached his maiden Grand Slam quarter-final when he secured a shock 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 win over Denis Shapovalov at Wimbledon on Sunday.
After the match was all square, Shapovalov committed two more double faults in a dismal start to the third set as Safiullin broke and then held to love for a 2-0 lead.
Minutes later, Safiullin had a 4-1 double-break after yet another double fault from Shapovalov, the seventh of 11.
He was quickly put out of his misery by the Russian, who broke and then closed out the victory on serve.
Safiullin becomes just the 12th man to reach the quarter-finals on his Wimbledon main-draw debut, adding to the likes of Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe and Nick Kyrgios.
Persons:
Safiullin, Denis Shapovalov, Shapovalov, I'm, Denis, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Nick Kyrgios, It's, I've, Daniel Galan, Aadi Nair, Clare Fallon
Organizations:
Wimbledon, ATP, Christian, Thomson
Locations:
Russian, Shapovalov, Colombia, Bengaluru