Djokovic set to rule over Wimbledon s young pretenders
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09/07/2021 - 06:02 Final push: Novak Djokovic returns the ball against Hungary s Marton Fucsovics in the quarter-finals Glyn KIRK AFP 4 min
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Novak Djokovic can reach a seventh Wimbledon final on Friday, driven on by the desire to capture a sixth title at the All England Club and record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title.
The world number one will be overwhelming favourite to defeat semi-final opponent Denis Shapovalov, the Canadian player he has already beaten six times out of six.
Victory for the Serb would send him into a Sunday championship match against either Italy s Matteo Berrettini or Poland s Hubert Hurkacz, the man who sent eight-time winner Roger Federer crashing in the quarter-finals.
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LONDON: Roger Federer crashed out of Wimbledon in the quarter-finals at the hands of Poland s Hubert Hurkacz on Wednesday, but insisted he will not be rushed into retirement even with his 40th birthday just five weeks away.
Federer, the 20-time Grand Slam title winner, lost 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-0 to a player 15 years his junior.
It was only the eight-time Wimbledon champion s 14th defeat at the tournament in 119 matches and his first straight-sets loss since an opening round exit against Mario Ancic in 2002.
It was also the first time he had lost a set 6-0 at Wimbledon and just the third time at a Slam.