London, July 6 -- Taylor Fritz has reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the third time after his fourth-round opponent, Jordan Thompson, was forced to retire due to injury. The American, seeded fifth, was leading 6-1, 3-0 on No. 1 Court when the Australian decided he couldn't continue.

Fritz came into Wimbledon with momentum after winning his fourth title at Eastbourne last week.

In total, Fritz had spent nearly 10 hours on court in his first three matches but his fourth-round match lasted just 40 minutes, as Thompson, who had a heavily strapped right leg and was also dealing with back pain couldn't continue.

"It is not the way I want to go through," Fritz said as quoted from the official website of ATP.

"I was really excited to p...