Tennis: Djokovic wins and criticizes the Wimbledon organizers

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Djokovic wins and criticizes the Wimbledon organizers

Status: 11.07.2023 | Reading time: 3 minutes

Novak Djokovic: Won 32 matches in a row at Wimbledon

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Novak Djokovic advances to Wimbledon quarter-finals after hard fight The 36-year-old doesn’t like the fact that his match was spread over two days. There will also be a historic U21 duel in the last eight.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. The 36-year-old Serb won his round of 16 against Hubert Hurkacz from Poland 7: 6 (8: 6), 7: 6 (8: 6), 5: 7, 6: 4 in London on Monday. Djokovic converted his first match point after 3:07 hours. The game was interrupted on Sunday evening after two sets because of the upcoming night’s rest.

When the match resumed on Center Court, Djokovic initially struggled and lost the third set. It was the first set loss in the current tournament for the record Grand Slam champion. But Djokovic kept calm and celebrated his 32nd win in a row at the classic lawn.

He will now face Russian Andrej Rublev on Tuesday. “It’s going to be a completely different game. The tasks get harder from game to game. Even if you can hardly imagine that it can be harder than against Hubert, who served incredibly well,” said Djokovic, who complained about the late start in the two big stadiums.

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“I think the matches could be brought forward to at least 12 p.m.,” he said: “That would make a difference.” The games on Center Court begin at 1:30 p.m. local time at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, on the court 1 starts only half an hour earlier. Because the matches have to end by 11 p.m. at the latest due to the night’s rest in the district, numerous games had to be interrupted this year and continued the next day.

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“Understandably, the beginning of the night’s rest is much more difficult to change,” said Djokovic. For this reason, the organizers should consider starting the games earlier.

Alcaraz against Rune in the duel of youth

World number one Carlos Alcaraz is also in the quarterfinals. The 20-year-old won against Italian Matteo Berrettini 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 3. Berrettini defeated Alexander Zverev in three sets in the third round. For Alcaraz it is the first quarterfinals in Wimbledon. “That feels good. But I’m hungry for more,” said the Spaniard.

Alcaraz is now dealing with the Dane Holger Rune, who defeated the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 3: 6, 7: 6 (8: 6), 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 3. According to the organizers, this is the first time in the history of professional tennis that two players under the age of 21 will meet in a Wimbledon quarter-final.

In another quarter-final, the Russian Daniil Mewedew plays against the American Christopher Eubanks, who also won his surprising victory with a 3:6, 7:6 (7:4), 3:6, 6:4, 6:4 against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas continued.

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