Wimbledon: Chris Eubanks lands biggest knockout of his career after stunning Stefanos Tsitsipas

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Chris Eubanks stunned world number five Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. </p>

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The towering 27-year-old twice came from a set down to continue his fine run in south-west London with a thrilling 3-6 7-6 (4) 3-6 6-4 6-4 victory in just over three hours. </p>

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His impressive win over two-time grand slam finalist Tsitsipas follows success over British number one Cameron Norrie and sets up a last-eight meeting with third seed Daniil Medvedev. </p>

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"I feel like I'm living a dream right now," said Eubanks. "This is absolutely insane. </p>

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"When you paint all of the context - I've tried so much to block everything out and just focus on the next match - it's surreal, it's unbelievable. </p>

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"This has been a dream come true." </p>

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Eubanks, ranked 43rd in the world, had only won two grand slam matches prior to arriving at SW19. </p>

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He made an unconvincing start to the contest on Court Two but battled back and floored Tsitsipas - conqueror of Andy Murray - with 53 winners, including 13 aces. </p>

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Eubanks recently said he hated playing on grass but is currently enjoying a nine-match winning streak on the surface. </p>

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"Those words will never come out of my mouth (again) for the rest of my career," he said. </p>

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"The grass and I, we've had a very strenuous relationship over the years but right now I think it's my best friend." </p>

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Earlier, world number three Medvedev eased into his maiden Wimbledon quarter-final after Jiri Lehecka was forced to retire injured. </p>

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The 27-year-old Russian was in control on Court One and had just gone two sets ahead at 6-4 6-2 when his Czech opponent pulled out. </p>

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Lehecka received treatment during a medical timeout at the end of the opening set but initially battled on in some discomfort before opting for a premature departure. </p>

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"I honestly did not (realise) until he retired," he said of Lehecka's injury. </p>

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"I saw that maybe his movement is a little bit restricted but the way he was throwing the ball I thought that it was not causing him enough trouble but then when he retired, I was like, 'OK, I see it different'. </p>

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"I feel sorry for Jiri. Hopefully he can recover fast and he has a lot more grand slams to come ahead of him." </p>

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Lehecka showed some touches of class but his performance was undermined by a series of errors and, ultimately, his fitness issue. </p>

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"This is not the way how I wanted to finish the match," the 21-year-old said. </p>

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"Of course all the credit to Daniil, because he played another solid match, but for me still I felt that if I was able to show my maximum level, then it would have been a much more better match than it was today. </p>

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"But unfortunately the injury got much, much worse during the match, and I wasn't able to compete on the highest level." </p>

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Lehecka struggled to deal with the power of Medvedev, with one of his returns of serve flying off court and landing in a spectator's drink. </p>

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Both players were then forced to sit down during the sixth game of the second set due to a medical emergency in the crowd. </p>

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The affected spectator eventually walked out of the arena with the aid of medics following a delay of around 10 minutes. </p>

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