Playing his 400th Grand Slam match, Novak Djokovic fights back from an opening-set loss and sees off Andrey Rublev to stay on track for a fifth straight Wimbledon title.
LONDON, UK – Favorite Novak Djokovic found himself behind for the first time at this year’s Wimbledon but responded in brutal fashion to beat Andrey Rublev, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3, and reach the semifinals on Tuesday, July 11 , for the 12th time.
But it was not enough to stop the 36-year-old Djokovic reaching his 46th Grand Slam semifinal, equalling the record of eight-time champion Roger Federer. At the end of the third set, Centre Court became a cauldron of noise as the players slugged out some mind-boggling rallies, Rublev whipping up the crowd after one, and Djokovic responding by cupping his ear to the crowd after another.
When the Russian broke serve in the eighth game with a couple of blows from his signature shot, then held serve thanks to a Djokovic error to win the opening set, it seemed a first win in a Grand Slam quarterfinal at the eighth attempt was possible – even against a man without a Centre Court loss for a decade.
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