In the first match, Djokovic completed his match against Hurkacz today, after it was stopped on Sunday evening due to the law banning playing after eleven o’clock at night (10 GMT).
The Serb won the first and second sets with one score, 7-6 (8-6).
And he imposed the same tie in the first group until the twelfth game, 6-6, and the two players resorted to a tiebreak, during which they tied 3-3, before the Pole earned three consecutive points and advanced 6-3, but the Serb responded by winning 5 consecutive points and winning it 8-6, and thus Group 7 -6 in 46 minutes.
The second group witnessed the same scenario, with the players tied until the twelfth game 6-6, and they resorted to a tie-break, which the Serbian decided in his favor 8-6, and thus the group 7-6 in 59 minutes.
On Monday, Hurkacz managed to win the third set after breaking Djokovic’s serve in the twelfth game 7-5, but the Serb saluted in the seventh game of the fourth set and advanced 4-3 before settling it in his favor 6-4.
It is the fourteenth time that Djokovic has reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon and the 56th in the Grand Slam, compared to 58 for Swiss Roger Federer, who holds the record for the number of quarter-finals in the four Grand Slams.
It is the Serbian’s 90th victory in 100 matches at Wimbledon, where he seeks the fifth title in succession and the eighth in the English Championship to equal the record in the number of titles held by Federer, and to crown the 24th major title in his professional career to enhance his record in the number of titles in the four major tournaments and equal the Australian record. Margaret Court has competed in the men’s and women’s singles competition since 1973.
“Hubert should be congratulated on a great match,” said Djokovic, who won his 32nd straight at Wimbledon and his 43rd on Center Court. He did a great job,” he said. “Honestly, I can’t remember the last time I felt this weak on serve. He has the best serve in the world and is hard to read on one of the fastest courts in the sport. It wasn’t fun for me.”
He continued, “I feel a great connection with this (main) stadium, every match I win, and every time I step onto the field I feel more confident to play the match and I hope that the love affair continues for a long time.”
Djokovic, 36, has not lost on the main court of the tournament since the 2013 final, and he has not lost at Wimbledon since his fall in the quarter-finals in 2017.
Djokovic, who raised his tally of victories in major tournaments to 352, will meet in the next round with Russian Andrei Rublev, the seventh.
Regarding his confrontation, the Serbian said, “He is definitely a different player from Horkacz. His strikes are very strong and very fast. He loves to lead the exchange of balls. I will not talk much about tactical details, I will keep that to myself.”
Rybakina after 4 runs
In the second, Rybakina, third in the world, was satisfied with playing only four games before her opponent, Haddad Maya, withdrew due to a lower back injury.
“It’s never easy for a match to end like this,” said Rybakina, Australia’s runner-up this year. “I hope it’s not dangerous. It’s very unfortunate for Beatriz. I hope she recovers and I’m just happy to play another round.”
The 24-year-old will meet in her fourth quarter-final in the major tournaments, with her Tunisian runner-up Anas Jaber, the sixth, or the Czech Petra Kvitova, the ninth and twice Wimbledon champion.
The second Belarusian Arina Sabalenka also reached the same round by defeating Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-0.
The Belarusian, who was eliminated from the semi-finals in 2021, will meet American Madison Keys, who returned from afar and ended the career of the promising Russian Mira Andreeva (16 years old) and prevented her from becoming the youngest player to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 26 years, by beating her 3-6. 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.
Keys seemed on her way to bid farewell to the tournament and fail to qualify for the quarter-finals for only the second time in her career (the first in 2015), after losing the first set and falling behind 1-4 in the second.
But the 28-year-old American rose up and came back from far away to impose a tiebreaker, which she ended in her favor, before completely controlling the decisive third set.
Keys will face in his ninth quarter-final in the major tournaments (the best result of which she reached the final of Flushing Meadows in 2017) with the Australian Open champion, the Belarusian Arina Sabalenka, the second seed, or the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Medvedev in the quarter-finals for the first time
Russian Daniel Medvedev, third in the world, broke his knot in the English Championship and reached the quarter-finals for the first time, taking advantage of the withdrawal of his Czech competitor Jiri Lehicka due to injury.
Medvedev won the first and second sets 6-4 and 6-2, respectively, before his opponent withdrew due to a right foot injury.
The Russian, who was crowned champion of Flushing Meadows in 2021, will meet in his first quarter-final at the All England Club out of five participations. 4.
The Russian touched on the course of his match with Lehicka, saying, “I saw that his movement was restricted, but I did not see that (the injury) caused him real trouble. I knew that the matter was different (from what I thought) when I watched him withdraw.”
“I had no choice but to fight to the last point. I feel sorry for Yeri. I hope he recovers to play more major tournaments.”
2023-07-10 16:06:08
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