Injuered Djokovic retires from quarterfinal against Berdych

Novak Djokovic’s Wimbledon campaign came to an abrupt end early in the second set of his quarter-final with Tomas Berdych due to an arm injury.

The Serbian had dropped the opening set against the 11th seed on Wednesday and received immediate treatment on the right arm he appeared to injure in his fourth-round meeting with Adrian Mannarino.

However, just two games after resuming play Djokovic called an end to proceedings - meaning Berdych advances to his third Wimbledon semi-final 7-6 (7-2) 2-0.

Earlier, Djokovic sharply criticized tournament officials for forcing him to wait until Tuesday to play his fourth-round match.

Djokovic, the No. 2 seed, was scheduled to play Adrian Mannarino on No. 1 Court on Monday afternoon, but the match was postponed until Tuesday because a lengthy five-set match between Gilles Müller and Rafael Nadal preceded it. But Djokovic felt his match with Mannarino, which he won on Tuesday, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4, should have been moved to Centre Court, which has lights.

“We spoke with the referee, supervisors, trying to understand the thought process that they are having,” Djokovic said Tuesday after his win. “I just think it was a wrong decision not to play us last night, because we could have played.”

Officials told Djokovic and Mannarino that they were concerned about public safety of the fans — they estimated there were 30,000 still in the grounds — rushing to get an open seat at Centre Court.