Tennis-Rune's stature keeps growing as he downs Dimitrov to reach Wimbledon quarters

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 10, 2023 Denmark's Holger Rune celebrates winning his fourth round match against Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

LONDON (Reuters) - Fearless Dane Holger Rune's stature in world tennis continued to grow on Monday as he stayed calm and collected in the face of adversity to ride out a 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4) 6-3 fourth round win over perennial underachiever Grigor Dimitrov at Wimbledon.

The Danish sixth seed missed out on converting any of the six break points he earned in the opening set, and then found himself a set and 4-2 down after surrendering his own serve with two successive double faults.