The big-hitting and loquacious Atlanta native is into the round of 16 at the All England Club, where he'll face fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Chris Eubanks was at his wits’ end playing on grass a month ago. “Grass is the stupidest surface to play tennis on. ... I’m gonna have [to] problem solve a little bit until I get back on hard courts,” he texted Kim Clijsters, a four-time Grand Slam champion and two-time Wimbledon semifinalist. They had become friends while playing World Team Tennis, and Clijsters offered him a little wisdom: Do some footwork drills. Stay low, and focus on your movement.
For good reason. Six years into his pro career, Eubanks made it to the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time Saturday at Wimbledon with a 7-6 , 7-6 , 7-6 win over Australian Christopher O’Connell. He laced in 23 aces and worked his lasso of a forehand as spectators crammed onto a balcony overlooking Court 18 to watch. He next faces fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday.
When a reporter asked him for a bit of his tennis background, Eubanks started from childhood and made sure to pay homage to the Black men who helped boost him, including Jarmere Jenkins, best known as Serena Williams’s longtime hitting partner, and Donald Young. When asked what it was like to grow up the son of a Baptist minister, Eubanks took it back even further — it wasn’t just his father in Atlanta; his mother’s father founded a prominent church in Memphis as well.
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