06 July,2021 07:31 AM IST | London | AFP
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates his fourth-round win over Chile’s Cristian Garin at Wimbledon yesterday. Pics/AFP
Novak Djokovic reached his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final on Monday with a straight-sets victory over Chile's Cristian Garin at Wimbledon World number one Djokovic eased into the last-eight at the All England Club for the 12th time, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, and will face Hungary's Marton Fucsovics for a place in the semi-finals.
"Confidence levels are very high after winning the French Open," said Djokovic.
"It was one of my biggest wins in the circumstances - two five-setters, two four-setters in the second week. They took a lot out of me but they also gave me wings. The further I go in the tournament, the more comfortable I feel and I look forward to the next challenge."
Djokovic, chasing a sixth Wimbledon crown and a record-equalling 20th major title, is halfway to a calendar Grand Slam. Only two men have swept all four majors in the same year with Rod Laver the most recent back in 1969. Djokovic broke serve five times on Monday and hit 28 winners, twice as many as his 17th-seeded Chilean opponent.
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Fucsovics, 29 became just the third Hungarian man and first in 73 years to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Fucsovics, ranked 48th in the world, defeated Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. Fucsovics blasted 41 winners past Rublev as he reached his first quarter-final at the Slams. He is only the third Hungarian man in history to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon after Bela von Kehrling (1929) and Jozsef Asboth (1948).
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