{"id":95532,"date":"2021-07-05T17:41:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T17:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=95532"},"modified":"2021-07-05T18:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T18:01:07","slug":"djokovic-into-50th-slam-last-eight-as-first-timers-shine-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=95532","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic into 50th Slam last-eight as first-timers shine at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Novak Djokovic marched effortlessly into his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final as Ons Jabeur became the first Tunisian player to make the last-eight at the All England Club, leading a host of first timers to reach the landmark on ‘Manic Monday’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

World number one Djokovic, chasing a sixth Wimbledon and record-equalling 20th major, eased into the last-eight at the tournament for the 12th time with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 win over Chile’s Cristian Garin.<\/p>\n

He will next face Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics, one of a host of players booking last-eight spots at the tournament for the first time.<\/p>\n

The list included women’s top seed Ashleigh Barty, second seed Aryna Sabalenka, Karolina Pliskova, Viktorija Golubic as well as Matteo Berrettini, Denis Shapovalov and Karen Khachanov in the men’s draw.<\/p>\n

Djokovic is halfway to a calendar Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

Only two men have swept all four majors in the same year with Rod Laver the most recent back in 1969.<\/p>\n

“Confidence levels are very high after winning the French Open,” said Djokovic.<\/p>\n

“It was one of my biggest wins in the circumstances — two five-setters, two four-setters in the second week.<\/p>\n

“They took a lot out of me but they also gave me wings.”<\/p>\n

Barty reached the quarter-finals for the first time, beating French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-3.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Australian will play the winner of the match between unseeded compatriot Ajla Tomljanovic and British teenager Emma Raducanu for a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

“It was an incredibly tough match,” said Barty.<\/p>\n

“Barbora has had an unbelievable year and am happy to come through in the end. I found some good stuff when it was important.”<\/p>\n

Jabeur’s historic campaign saw her reach the quarter-finals for the first time, beating Poland’s 2020 French Open champion Iga Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old is the first Tunisian woman to reach the last eight and will face Belarus second seed Aryna Sabalenka who defeated Elena Rybakina 6-3, 4-6, 6-3<\/p>\n

“It was a great match and I had to stay calm rather than get angry when I failed to close out the first set as getting angry would not have helped my cause,” said Jabeur.<\/p>\n

Both Jabeur and Sabalenka have a season-leading 33 wins in 2021.<\/p>\n

– 13 service breaks –<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Former world number one Pliskova reached her first Wimbledon quarter-final with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Russian wildcard Liudmila Samsonova.<\/p>\n

Later Monday, eight-time champion Roger Federer, who takes on Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego, can become the oldest quarter-finalist at Wimbledon in the Open era.<\/p>\n

Federer, just five weeks shy of his 40th birthday, is in the Wimbledon last 16 for the 18th time.<\/p>\n

In all, it will be his 69th appearance in the fourth round of a Slam.<\/p>\n

Men’s seventh seed Berrettini became only the fifth Italian man to make the last eight with a quickfire 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 win over Ilya Ivashka of Belarus.<\/p>\n

The Queen’s Club champion, the first Italian man in the quarter-finals since 1998, will face either Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada or German fourth seed Alexander Zverev for a semi-final spot.<\/p>\n

Second seed Daniil Medvedev, who staged a comeback from two sets down for the first time in his career to beat 2017 runner-up Marin Cilic, faces Hubert Hurkacz, the Polish 14th seed.<\/p>\n

Khachanov also reached a maiden quarter-final with a five-set win over Sebastian Korda who was celebrating his 21st birthday.<\/p>\n

Russian 25th seed Khachanov triumphed over his American rival 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 10-8 and will face Canadian 10th seed Denis Shapovalov.<\/p>\n

A marathon 81-minute final set on Court 18 featured 13 breaks of serve before Khachanov steadied himself to take the victory.<\/p>\n

Shapovalov, who knocked out two-time champion Andy Murray in the last round, dismissed Spain’s 2019 semi-finalist and eighth seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.<\/p>\n

The only British player left in the singles draw is 18-year-old Raducanu who has defied her ranking of 338 to make the second week where she meets Tomljanovic.<\/p>\n

Raducanu has only just completed her final school exams and has attracted a host of new fans, including rock star Liam Gallagher, the former frontman of Oasis.<\/p>\n

“BIBLICAL,” Gallagher tweeted in response to Raducanu’s third round win over Sorana Cirstea.<\/p>\n

Germany’s\u00a0Angelique Kerber, the only former champion left in the women’s event, takes on Coco Gauff.<\/p>\n

Gauff, 17, is bidding to become the youngest woman to reach a Wimbledon quarter-final since Maria Sharapova in 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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