No participant has dished out greater than 30 aces in a fit towards Novak Djokovic in a Wimbledon conflict since Sam Querry’s effort in 2016. Hubert Hurkacz fired 32 of them as his serve remained unbroken within the 2023 version of the match. But all till the fourth set on Monday night time on Center Court. Djokovic broke early after which maintained the power ahead of sealing a 7–6(6), 7–6(6), 5–7, 6–4 towards the seventeenth seed to achieve the quarterfinals on the Wimbledon once more.
Djokovic had taken a two set lead past due on Sunday night time ahead of play was once suspended because of curfew regulations. While it was once anticipated of the Serb to wrap up the fit throughout the first set on Monday night time, Hurkacz broke past due within the 3rd set to stretch the fit. But whilst the plan would had been to take it to the decider, Djokovic wrapped it up in taste to make the quarters.
“Big credit to Hubert for playing an amazing match, tough luck for him today,” Djokovic stated in his on-court interview. “But he submit a really perfect efficiency. Honestly, I do not recall the closing time I felt this depressing in returning video games, to be truthful, because of his extremely correct and robust serve.”
With the win, Djokovic reached his 55th Grand Slam quarterfinal, only behind Roger Federer’s all-time tally of 58. 14 of them have come at Wimbledon, with his tally being the second best in the Open Era, alongside the legendary Jimmy Connors and only behind the Swiss, who managed 18 of those during his illustrious career.
The victory also took Djokovic’s winning percentage in men’s singles at Wimbledon to 90, leveling with the great Pete Sampras and standing only behind Bjorn Borg (92.7%). He however surpassed Federer, who has a win rate of 88.2 per cent.
Djokovic vs Rublev next
Djokovic will next face seventh seed Andrey Rublev, who avenged his Halle Open final loss against Alexander Bublik in five sets on Sunday. The 23-time Grand Slam winner leads the head-to-head tie 3-1 against the Russian, whose only win came last year, on clay, in Belgrade’s final.