Paolini rises from his ashes, ends Eala at Wimbledon, and remembers Federer: "He's my idol"

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Jasmine Paolini is back. The Italian, after a very irregular and complicated year, rediscovers her tennis at Wimbledon 2026, in the same place where she reached the final in 2024, to advance to the quarterfinals of the London Grand Slam after defeating Alexandra Eala by 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, after two hours and 23 minutes. In this way, Paolini will face Marta Kostyuk, while the Filipina bids farewell after defeating the title defender, Iga Swiatek, in the previous round.

Jasmine Paolini confessed live to Roger Federer that he is her idol

Perhaps the high expectations on Eala after defeating the Polish player weighed too heavily on her game. She wasn't as fresh or dominant as she was two days ago. This was seized upon greatly by the Italian, who always seemed one step ahead of the Filipina, even though she lost the second set.

Paolini played a great match, perhaps due to the presence of Roger Federer in the front row of the royal box. This was something she didn't hesitate to mention in her opening words at courtside: "I want to thank you, Roger because he is my idol. It was tough. During the match, I was like 'please, stay focused. Don't think that he's here.' I watched all the finals he played here," the 30-year-old tennis player said, laughing.

With this victory and her advancement to the round of 16 at Wimbledon 2026, Jasmine Paolini recovers some lost ground in the WTA Ranking. She arrived in London as number 17 and currently secures moving up two positions to the 15th spot, but if she were to win the title next Sunday, she would climb to the 7th position in the rankings.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Paolini resurge de sus cenizas, termina con Eala en Wimbledon y se acuerda de Federer: "Es mi ídolo"