Wimbledon day seven
LONDON, July 5 : Highlights of the seventh day at Wimbledon on Sunday (times GMT):
1934 STRUFF IN LAST EIGHT AS HURKACZ RETIRES
Jan-Lennard Struff reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time at the age of 36 after Poland's Hubert Hurkacz retired with a left hip injury. Struff was leading 3-6 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 7-5 4-2 when his Polish opponent, who had received treatment during the match, called it quits.
1914 AUGER-ALIASSIME SETS UP DJOKOVIC CLASH
Canadian third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime prevailed in a nearly four-and-a-half hour battle with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-7(4) 7-6(6) 6-3 6-7(2) 6-1. He will next face seven-time champion and seventh seed Novak Djokovic for a place in the semi-finals.
1801 OSAKA KNOCKS OUT SABALENKA
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka overpowered world number one Aryna Sabalenka 6-2 7-6(2) to reach the quarter-finals.
It was the first time Osaka, who has triumphed at both the Australian and U.S. Opens, reached the last eight of a non-hardcourt major.
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1608 DJOKOVIC BEATS SAFIULLIN
Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title, overcoming Roman Safiullin 7-6(6) 6-3 3-6 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals.
The Serbian now holds the record for the most men's singles victories at Wimbledon with 106 wins, surpassing Roger Federer's mark.
1528 MUCHOVA TAKES DOWN KREJCIKOVA
Czech 10th seed Karolina Muchova survived a second-set wobble to defeat compatriot and 2024 Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova 7-5 5-7 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
1420 PEGULA DEFEATS JOVIC
American fourth seed Jessica Pegula overcame a slow start to beat 16th seed Iva Jovic 4-6 6-3 6-1 in an all-American battle to reach the quarter-finals.
1007 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play got underway under sunny skies at the All England Club, with the temperature around 23 degrees Celsius.
WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON SUNDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
CENTRE COURT (Play begins at 1230 GMT)
Roman Safiullin (Russia) v 7-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v 14-Naomi Osaka (Japan)
1-Jannik Sinner (Italy) v Shintaro Mochizuki (Japan)
COURT NUMBER ONE (Play begins at 1200 GMT)
4-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v 16-Iva Jovic (U.S.)
3-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) v 22-Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain)
11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) v 7-Coco Gauff (U.S.)
COURT NUMBER TWO (Play begins at 1000 GMT)
1-Harri Heliovaara (Finland)/Henry Patten (Britain) v Adam Pavlasek (Czech Republic)/Patrik Rikl (Czech Republic)
10-Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) v Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) v Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany)
(Compiled by Aadi Nair and Paras J.Haji in Bengaluru; editing by Toby Chopra and Pritha Sarkar)
