Federer, Djokovic seek Wimbledon quarter-final berth

Raonic is 3-9 all-time against Federer, and 1-1 at Wimbledon heading into Wednesday’s 6:30 a.m. ET semifinal.

Epa06067683 Sam Querrey of the US in action against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia during their second round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 05 July 2017.

Muguruza won the French Open past year, but followed up her first major title by losing in the second round at Wimbledon. “There’s no other explanation”.

“It was not my best match against a very uncomfortable opponent”, said world number two Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion.

“I would not say it was favouritism, I would say it is taking the marquee matches”, he said.

Fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina, sixth-seeded Johanna Konta, 21st-seeded Caroline Garcia and 27th-seeded Ana Konjuh also reached the fourth round. Muguruza beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-4 on No. 1 Court. Now they’ve been joined by another former player, Mario Ancic, who sat next to Agassi in a guest box at Centre Court on Saturday.

Count Federer among those shrugging at the quartet’s success this fortnight, with only one set dropped among the lot. Ostapenko had one ace and 20 winners. “It doesn’t work for us”, Lewis said.

The 28-year-old Latvian stunned Del Potro, the 29th seed, on Thursday with an array of big serves and heavy groundstrokes. I think that’s a great bonus. The second-seeded Serb appeared to grimace in pain a couple of times as his shoulder was being checked.

“That’s two points in a row at the beginning of the match”, Djokovic said, before telling official Jake Garner: “Focus, please!” “It is something which I have been dragging back and forth for a while but I am still managing to play”, he added. He will play Adrian Mannarino.

The defending champion had made fast starts in all his first three matches but this time he found himself behind after only three games. And there’s the knowledge-this can’t be escaped-that Federer hasn’t won here since 2012, despite coming close several times. Pliskova lost in the second round, and Kerber lost in the fourth round.

Federer schooled Bulgarian Grigo Dimitrov 6-4 6-2 6-4, declaring he is playing much freer at Wimbledon this year.

Men’s singles title contenders, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic also joined the chorus of complaints regarding the Wimbledon courts here.

Third seed Federer, who missed the clay court season to better prepare for his favourite tournament, took a decisive lead in the ninth game, converting his third break point. “He will not get overwhelmed by the stadium or whatever”.

“But for a player to play a five-, six-hour match, then come back the next day or within two days and perform, it’s not really what your body’s looking for, to be honest”.

“It’s a great day to play”.

Play starts on the outer courts at 11:30am, with Centre Court & No. 1 Court starting at 1pm BST. No. 14 Garbine Muguruza, No. 2 Simona Halep vs. Victoria Azarenka, No. 10 Venus Williams vs.