Wimbledon 2021 Live Updates: Djokovic Through to Semis; Decider Needed for Khachanov-Shapovalov in Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
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Djokovic Wins in Straight Sets
Novak Djokovic beats unseeded Marton Fucsovics in straight sets!
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The Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna are dominating in the second set against Andreja Klepac and Jean-Julien Rojer. The game had to be stopped yesterday after the first set and continues today…
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10th seed Denis Shapovalov is not giving in that easily! He fights back to take the fourth set 6-1 against Karen Khachanov!
Decider coming up…
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Over in the Women’s Doubles, Caroline Dolehide and Strom Sanders beat 7th seed Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan 7-5, 6-2!
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Karen Khachanov is one a roll here as he takes the 3rd set 7-5 against 10th seed Denis Shapovalov! What a fight back to lead in the match from the Russian.
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Novak Djokovic takes the second set 6-4 against unseeded Marton Fucsovics!
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Karen Khachanov, seeded 25, fights back to take the 2nd set 6-3 against 10th seed Denis Shapovalov!
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That didn’t take long on Centre Court!
Novak Djokovic bags 1st set 6-3 against unseeded Marton Fucsovics!
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10th seed Denis Shapovalov bags the first set 6-4 against Karen Khachanov, seeded 25!
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World No.1 Novak Djokovic faces the unseeded Marton Fucsovics on Centre Court.
As on Court No. 1, 10th-seeded Denis Shapovalov and No. 25 Karen Khachanov have help serves up until now…
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Shapovalov vs Khachanov: This contest has all the makings of a classic. Khachanov starts with a 1-0 lead before Shapovalov draws level at 1-1. However, Khachanov despite a misjudgement on his part holds and regains the one-point advantage at 2-1. Shapovalov steadily finding his rhythm though as with a drop shot he draws level again at 2-2
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Shapovalov vs Khachanov: These two rising stars have met each other once with Shapovalov emerging victorious.
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So the first men’s singles quarterfinals of the day is about to get underway: Denis Shapovalov of Canada will be against Karen Khachanov of Russia at Court No. 1
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We have the first result of the day: The pair of Elise Mertens and SW Hsieh has defeated Aleksandra Krunić and Nina Stojanovic 6-1, 6-3 to enter women’s doubles semifinals.
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ORDER OF PLAY, SINGLES – WEDNESDAY JULY 7
Order of Play
CENTRE COURT Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
Roger Federer (SUI) [6] v Hubert Hurkacz (POL) [14]
COURT 1
Karen Khachanov (RUS) [25] v Denis Shapovalov (CAN) [10] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) [7] v Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [16]
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Major Matches of the Day
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Hello and welcome to News18Sports’ live coverage of the Wimbledon 2021. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic headline day 9 of the tournament. While Federer takes on 18th-ranked Hubert Hurkacz, world number one Novak Djokovic faces Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics. Should Federer reach the semi-finals for the 14th time, he will face either Italian seventh seed Matteo Berrettini or Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 16th-seeded Canadian.
Wimbledon Tennis 2021 Live Score and Updates: Novak Djokovic reached his 10th semifinal at Wimbledon and 41st at a major tournament with a straight-set victory over unseeded Marton Fucsovics. Djokovic won 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on a windy, cloudy afternoon at Centre Court to continue his pursuit of a sixth championship at the All England Club and a record-tying 20th Grand Slam title overall. The 34-year-old from Serbia also improved to 19-0 at majors this season as he pursues the first calendar-year Grand Slam by a man since Rod Laver in 1969. The top-seeded Djokovic raced to a 5-0 lead after 18 minutes against Fucsovics, a 29-year-old from Hungary who is ranked 48th and was making his major quarterfinal debut. But Djokovic then had a three-game blip and needed six set points before eventually closing out the opener.
He used a five-game run bridging the end of the second set and start of the third to leave no doubt about the outcome. Federer, just five weeks shy of his 40th birthday, is in his 18th Wimbledon quarter-final and 58th at the majors. He faces 18th-ranked Hubert Hurkacz.
Having already become just the third man to win all four Slams more than once by lifting his second French Open last month, Djokovic now has another record in his sights.
He is halfway to a rare calendar Grand Slam, a feat only achieved by two other men — Don Budge in 1938 and Rod Laver in 1962 and 1969.
As a result, the 34-year-old is already being hailed as the greatest player of all time, surpassing even Federer and the absent Rafael Nadal.
“I feel privileged and honoured of course and very happy to be in this position to make history in the sport,” said Djokovic who can win his 100th grass court match on Wednesday.
“At the same time I need to go about my everyday routines and everyday life on the tour pretty much the same way that I feel it has reaped a lot of success for me.”
– ‘Left in the tank’ -Djokovic enjoys a 2-0 head-to-head record over 29-year-old Fucsovics who has made the last-eight of a Slam for the first time.
Fucsovics knocked out fifth seed Andrey Rublev in the fourth round in five sets after the Russian had swept their previous four matches in a nine-month spell.
Worryingly for the Hungarian, Djokovic has only faced nine break points through four rounds at the tournament.
Federer, chasing a ninth Wimbledon title, won his only meeting against Hurkacz, in straight sets in the Indian Wells quarter-finals in 2019.
“We’ll see how much more I have got left in the tank,” said 39-year-old Federer, bidding to become the oldest man to make a Wimbledon semi-final in the Open Era.
He struggled in his opener against Adrian Mannarino who had to retire injured at two sets each.
“I felt like now I’ve had some good progress. I’m taking the ball earlier. Obviously I’ve gotten used to the conditions, gotten used to the balls, the court speed,” said Federer whose comfortable last-16 win against Lorenzo Sonego was the 105th of his Wimbledon career.
Should Federer reach the semi-finals for the 14th time, he will face either Italian seventh seed Matteo Berrettini or Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 16th-seeded Canadian.
Berrettini, the Queen’s Club winner, has emerged as a champion-in-waiting should Djokovic or Federer falter.
He has fired a tournament-leading 67 aces and dropped serve just twice.
– Rap and romance -Berrettini reached his maiden Slam quarter-final at the French Open last month where he lost to Djokovic.
Auger-Aliassime, 20, is in the last eight of a Slam for the first time after knocking out German fourth seed Alexander Zverev in five sets.
The two are close friends while their respective girlfriends are cousins.
Auger-Aliassime is dating Nina Ghaibi while Berrettini is romantically involved with Australian player Ajla Tomljanovic who reached the women’s quarter-finals.
Berrettini defeated his friend in the final of the Stuttgart grass-court final in 2019.
“Both our girlfriends are cousins, so it just happens that we spend a lot of time together,” said Auger-Aliassime.
Wednesday will see two Canadian men in the last eight of a Slam for the first time with Denis Shapovalov taking on Russia’s Karen Khachanov.
Shapovalov, a quarter-finalist at the US Open last year, holds a 1-0 career edge over Khachanov, who made the French Open last-eight in 2019, following a win at the 2019 Davis Cup.
Left-handed Shapovalov followed up his win over two-time champion Andy Murray with a straight-sets victory over 2019 semi-finalist Roberto Bautista Agut.
Khachanov has hit with Shapovalov — and even admits he’s a fan of the Canadian’s venture into rap music with French player Corentin Moutet.
“I was sitting with my wife Veronika watching (Moutet playing in Mallorca on the eve of Wimbledon), and I told her, You know that he’s a rapper, you know?
“She said, Oh, really? I said, Yeah, he has a remix with Denis. We were listening to that. It was a fun one.”
When does WIMBLEDON 2021 start and what is the schedule?
The qualifiers of Wimbledon started on 22 June with the tournament proper beginning 28 June. The women’s singles final is scheduled to be played on July 10, with the men’s singles final to take place the following day on July 11 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Where to watch WIMBLEDON 2021 on TV and LIVE STREAMING Online in India?
Wimbledon will be available live on TV on Star Sports Select 1 and Star Sports Select 2 SD and HD channels, while the tournament can be live-streamed on Disney+ Hotstar in India.
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