Wimbledon: Djokovic, Rune, Medvedev, Swiatek by; Murray unsure over SW19 future

Novak Djokovic celebrates after beating Stan Wawrinka in a males’s singles match on day 5 of Wimbledon. AP

Novak Djokovic progressed to the fourth spherical of Wimbledon for the fifteenth time on Friday, beating previous rival Stan Wawrinka and a night-time curfew. Elsewhere, Andy Murray hinted his All England Membership days could also be over after taking place to Stefanos Tsitsipas regardless of being two-sets-to-one up.

Djokovic, chasing a record-tying eighth Wimbledon title and twenty fourth Grand Slam crown, got here by 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) towards Wawrinka.

Djokovic, who has gained Wimbledon 4 years in a row, will face Hubert Hurkacz, who he has defeated 5 instances in as many conferences, for a spot within the quarter-finals.

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Friday’s win was Djokovic’s twenty first in 27 conferences with three-time main winner Wawrinka. The Swiss participant had famously defeated the Serb within the 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open finals.

On this event although, Djokovic by no means confronted a break level below the Centre Courtroom roof and accomplished victory quarter-hour earlier than the 11pm All England Membership curfew.

“Stan’s doing a tremendous job for his age — we’re two previous guys,” stated 36-year-old Djokovic who went stage with Pete Sampras’s mark of 31 successive wins on the match.

“We’ve had nice battles over time. I respect him as a participant and love him as an individual. He’s a very nice man.”

Djokovic’s win stored him on target for a Championship match showdown with World No 1 and US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz who defeated 84th-ranked Alexandre Muller 6-4, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3.

The 20-year-old Alcaraz will face Chile’s Nicolas Jarry for a spot within the final 16.

Murray goes all the way down to Tsitsipas

Murray admitted he doesn’t know if he might be again at Wimbledon after taking place 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (2/7), 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 to fifth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas in a four-hour 40-minute second spherical epic.

The 36-year-old has not made the second week of a Grand Slam since reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2017.

“I don’t know,” stated former world primary Murray when requested if he could be again in 2024.

“Motivation is clearly a giant factor. Persevering with having early losses in tournaments like this don’t essentially assist with that.”

Tsitsipas fired 90 winners previous Murray and goes on to face Laslo Djere of Serbia for a spot within the final 16.

“It’s by no means straightforward towards Andy. Everybody loves him right here,” stated the 24-year-old Greek.

Murray had been forward two units to at least one when the match was halted on Thursday as a result of match curfew.

Nonetheless, he was unable to keep up the momentum on Friday regardless of not dropping serve within the match till the third recreation of the decider.

Medvedev, Rune by

Males’s third seed Daniil Medvedev returned to finish his second-round conflict towards Adrian Mannarino, the Frenchman who defeated him at Wimbledon 5 years in the past.

The mercurial Russian was two units and 4-4 forward when play was halted on day 4 however shortly wrapped up victory in a 3rd set tie-break.

Danish sixth seed Holger Rune reached the third spherical for the primary time, brushing apart Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4.

Seventh seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia and Italian eighth-seed Jannik Sinner made the final 16 with wins over David Goffin and Quentin Halys respectively.

World primary Iga Swiatek, the US Open and French Open champion, went by to the final 16 with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Petra Martic and subsequent faces 14th-ranked Belinda Bencic.

Victory in that conflict will give the 22-year-old Pole a spot within the quarter-finals for the primary time.

Ukraine v Belarus

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka recovered from a set all the way down to beat Varvara Gracheva, who lately switched nationality from Russia to France, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Fifth-seeded Caroline Garcia grew to become the fourth high 10 girl to be knocked out when she dedicated 53 unforced errors in a 7-6 (7/0), 4-6, 7-5 loss to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic.

Victoria Azarenka, twice a semi-finalist, made the final 16 when she brushed apart Russia’s Daria Kasatkina.

She’s going to face Elina Svitolina who will once more refuse to shake fingers together with her Belarusian rival in protest on the nation’s help of Russia within the invasion of Ukraine.

“For me it’s a giant motivation and for my nation as effectively. Quite a lot of Ukrainians might be watching, might be supporting me. I’ll go on the market and put the preventing spirit on,” stated Svitolina.

Fellow Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko triumphed within the longest-ever tiebreak in a Grand Slam ladies’s singles match.

The deciding breaker stretched to a file 38 factors because the 34-year-old defeated Ana Bogdan 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (20/18) having saved 5 match factors and changing a seventh match level of her personal.

Former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu got here again from 2-5 down within the closing set to defeat Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (10/7).

The Canadian will face final 12 months’s runner-up Ons Jabeur.