Women falter but top men still in hunt at Wimbledon
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In the men’s tournament, Roger Federer advanced to a record-extending 16th Wimbledon quarterfinal with a 60, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Adrian Mannarino of France.
The eight-time champion lost just five points in a 16minute first set but faced break points for the first time in this tournament, saving all four. Federer has won 32 consecutive sets at Wimbledon to move within one straight-sets victory of breaking his previous longest streak at the All England Club, 34 in a row from the third round in 2005 to the final in 2006.
Federer next faces eighthseeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa, who reached his first Wimbledon quarterfinal after edging Gael Monfils, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 5-7, 7-6 (4)
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal also is back in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2011. The Spaniard beat Jiri Vesely, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, on Centre Court to return to the final eight for the first time since 2011 when he was runner-up to Novak Djokovic. Nadal, a two-time champion at the All England Club, has yet to drop aset in this tournament.
Nadal and Djokovic are on course for a semifinal meeting after the Serb beat Karen Khachanov and the fading light.
As play was being suspended on other courts, Djokovic made sure he got Tuesday off by breaking Khachanov for the seventh time to finish off a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 win on No. 1 Court.
Juan Martin del Potro wasn’t as efficient. His fourth-round match against Gilles Simon was suspended because of bad light after the fourth-seeded Argentine lost the third set. Play was halted around 8:45 p.m. with del Potro leading, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5), 5-7.
Ninth-seeded American John Isner, No. 13 Milos Raonic of Canada and No. 24 Kei Nishikori of Japan also advanced.
Isner rode his big serve to beat Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-4, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (4). He next faces Raonic, who defeated Mackenzie McDonald of the United States, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2.
Bertens hit seven aces and saved eight of the 10 break points she faced to win 6-3, 7-6 (2) against Pliskova and complete the latest upset in the women’s draw. She beat the ninth-seeded Venus Williams in the third round after coming from a break down in the third set.
Bertens next faces 13thseeded Julia Goerges, who beat Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-3, 6-2 to secure her first Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance.
Jelena Ostapenko and Dominika Cibulkova will also meet Tuesday in the quarterfinals.
Ostapenko reached the final eight for the second year in a row with a 7-6 (4), 6-0 victory over Aliaksandra Sasnovich, while Cibulkova beat Hsieh Su-Wei, 6-4, 6-1.
Williams faces Camila Giorgi of Italy next, while 11th-seeded Angelique Kerber plays Daria Kasatkina of Russia.