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London: It was twelve years ago that Gilles Muller had last defeated a then-19-year-old Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon. And on Monday, the 34-year-old from Luxembourg did it again, as the 16th seed is through to his first Wimbledon quarter-final after shocking the Spaniard 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 in an epic fourth-round clash.<\/p>\n
Terming it to be the biggest win of his career, Muller said, \u201cI had a big [elbow] injury in 2013 and wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to come back. I\u2019ve played many great matches since then, but this is definitely the biggest victory since I came back. Especially at this stage of a Grand Slam, playing one of the guys who is dominating tennis again this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, seven-time champion Roger Federer continued with his dominance in the Championship as the Swiss great got the better Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth-round beating him 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to move into his 15th Wimbledon quarterfinal. Federer now stands alone atop the Open Era list for most Wimbledon quarter-final appearances.<\/p>\n
On the other hand former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic had to overcome a worrying shoulder injury but went on to book his berth in the quarterfinal by beating Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 7-6(5), 6-4. Djokovic needed a medical timeout, while leading 4-3 in the third set, for treatment on his right shoulder. However, he went on to win the match in two hours and 14 minutes.<\/p>\n
Djokovic will now meet 31-year-old Tomas Berdych who recorded his second Top 10 match win of the year to knock out eighth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in two hours and 53 minutes on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals at The Championships.<\/p>\n
KONTA WINS THRILLER AGAINST HALEP<\/strong><\/p>\n In the women\u2019s section, Britain\u2019s Johanna Konta got the better of Simona Halep in a three set thriller to reach the Wimbledon semifinals.<\/p>\n No.2 seed Halep was bidding to become WTA World No.1 and would have clinched the ranking with a victory. However, Konta recovered strongly from dropping the opening set, coming back to win 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be in the semifinals of my home slam, and to do that in front of a full Centre Court, I mean, it’s pretty, pretty special,\u201d Konta said in her post-match press conference.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the level of tennis that both of us played today, it was just a tremendous match. So I think just to be a part of a match like that again, I’ve been very fortunate this Championships. I feel very lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, unseeded Magdalena Rybarikova overcame a rain delay and a court change to make her first Grand Slam semifinal under the Centre Court roof at Wimbledon. She ousted No.24 seed CoCo Vandeweghe in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the final four at a Grand Slam for the very first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" London: It was twelve years ago that Gilles Muller had last defeated a then-19-year-old Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon. And on Monday, the 34-year-old from Luxembourg did it again, as the 16th seed is through to his first Wimbledon quarter-final after shocking the Spaniard 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 in an epic fourth-round clash. Terming it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[11364,466,761,562,1345,5010],"class_list":["post-35137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-tennis-news","tag-gilles-muller","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-rafael-nadal","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon"],"yoast_head":"\n