Hubert Hurkacz made it difficult for “Djoker”, but then Novak Djokovic prevailed against the Pole in four sets and is in the quarterfinals.
Hubert Hurkacz made it extremely difficult for “Djoker”, but then Novak Djokovic beat the Pole in four sets on Monday afternoon (07/10/23) and is in the quarter-finals.
The Serb won the match 7: 6 (8: 6), 7: 6 (8: 6), 5: 7 and 6: 4, which was interrupted yesterday due to the upcoming night’s rest. Hurkacz showed great class, especially in the third, but also in the fourth set and put pressure on number two Djokovic several times. When Djokovic then made it 5: 3 against the strong server in the fourth set, the resistance of the player from Poland was broken and he celebrated his 33rd win in a row at the classic lawn.
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He will now face Russian Andrej Rublev on Tuesday. “It will be a completely different game. The tasks become more difficult from game to game. Even if you can hardly imagine that it can be more difficult than against Hubert, who served incredibly well,” said Djokovic.
16-year-old Andreeva retired
The only 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva had just missed out on reaching the quarter-finals and left the field without a word after losing to Madison Key. The Russian lost to the American Madison Keys 6: 3, 6: 7 (4: 7), 2: 6 and was eliminated in the round of 16. For Andreyeva it was only the second participation in a Grand Slam tournament in her young tennis career. She had reached the third round at the French Open in May.
Hailed as a new top talent
Keys converted her first match point in London after 2:02 hours. The 28-year-old, who won the tournament in Eastbourne before Wimbledon, will meet the winner of the duel between world number two Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus and Russia’s Yekaterina Alexandrova in the fight for a place in the semi-finals on Wednesday.
Despite her departure, Andreyeva is already being celebrated as a new top talent on the scene. In Wimbledon, the current number 102 in the world fought his way into the main draw through qualification and impressed with his powerful game. The young Russian also showed a strong performance against Keys and dominated the game for a long time. In the second set she was already a break ahead, but then apparently got her nerves. After losing the tiebreak, she threw her racket across the field and received a warning for it.
The 16-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva caused a sensation at the French Open.
Keys uses the phase of weakness, Andreyeva is deeply disappointed
Keys took advantage of her opponent’s phase of weakness and reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 2015 at Wimbledon. Before the match point, Andreyeva threw her racket onto the field again and received a point deduction. Without saying goodbye to the referee, the Russian left the pitch deeply disappointed after the defeat.
Mies is eliminated in doubles
Andreas Mies is also eliminated. The doubles specialist failed in the second round with his French partner Fabrice Martin. The two lost to Ariel Behar and Adam Pavlasek (Uruguay/Czech Republic) 6:7 (3:7) and 1:6 on Monday and thus missed the round of 16.
Injured competition: Medvedev and Rybakina in the quarterfinals
World number three Daniil Medvedev has reached the quarterfinals without a full match. With the Russian leading 6:4, 6:2, his Czech opponent Jiri Lehecka gave up due to injury immediately before the start of the third set.
Defending champion Jelena Rybakina also benefited from her opponent’s problems when she made it into the quarter-finals. After the Kazakhs made it 4-1 in the first set, Beatriz Haddad Maia from Brazil had to return to the changing room prematurely.