Surprise run to face Daniil Medvedev in last eight comes after popular 6ft 7in ‘giraffe’ had turned to commentary as an alternative career
Producers at the Tennis Channel are braced for a call from the USA’s Christopher Eubanks, who has supplied the most memorable fairytale of this year’s Wimbledon.
After his run to the quarter-finals, they suspect that Eubanks will be cancelling his upcoming commentary shifts for the late summer and autumn.
A stalwart of second-tier Futures and Challengers events since he gave up his university education in 2017, Eubanks decided last year that it was time to explore other career options – hence the move into commentary as a sideline.
But after the past few days – which have already seen him oust world No5 Stefanos Tsitsipas and British No1 Cameron Norrie – the microphone might be going back on the shelf for another year or two.