Wimbledon 2018 – Quarter-final matches

LONDON – Kevin Anderson, who lost the first two sets, broke a match point and came back strong to defeat top-seeded Roger Federer on Wednesday to qualify for the Wimbledon semifinals [19659002Andersontheeighthseedeliminatedthechampioneighttimes2-65-77-56-413-11

In the process, Anderson ended two impressive streaks of Federer – 34 consecutive sets won Federer fell to 266-3 in Grand Slam career where he won the first two sets.

They were playing at Court # 1 – Federer's first game outside Center Court since the same stage of the tournament in 2015. The match was played after Novak Djokovic, after disputing three of his first four games outside the Court Center, the main stadium granted.

Djokovic also advanced to his first Grand Slam semifinal since 2016, shru He beat Kei Nishikori 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, and 6-2.

Federer had a match point in the third set at 4-5, 30-40 Take it, before Anderson ends the next game to have the opportunity to serve on the board . Anderson then saved three break points, hitting an ace to force a fourth set.

Meanwhile, after dropping the second set to Nishikori, Djokovic snatched momentum for the third, coming back from 0-40 to 2-2. hold the service. He then broke the service of his Japanese opponent in the next match.

The Wimbledon triple champion was broken in the opening game of the fourth set, but won the next four games and still broke to win the victory. Djokovic took control in the first set. But he became frustrated after not taking advantage of three break points in the third set of the second set and was the victim of a code violation after slamming his racket into the ground.

When Nishikori bounced his own racket against the ground Djokovic shouted "double standards" to the referee's chair, pulling boos from the Central Court crowd.

This did not seem to affect his focus, however, nor a time violation Djokovic secured that match with a forehand, then saved two game points on Nishikori's serve before converting his first point of match with a forehand on the line.

Associated Press contributed to this report.