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Rafael Nadal was found in a dream final at Wimbledon while one of the biggest players in the sport climbed to the knockout stage on Monday. World No. 1 Nadal, the two-time champion, has reached his first quarter-final at Wimbledon since 2011 – when he finished second – with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic . Nadal, like Federer, dropped set 93, on the eve of the Czech player's 25th birthday. Monday's win saw 32-year-old Nadal qualify for the quarter-finals of Grand Slam 35.
"It was an important victory because I did not play the quarter-finals. Wimbledon's final since 2011. So it's an important moment "the 17-time Grand Slam champion who has played four consecutive quarter-finals at the majors for the first time in six years.
"He started playing better from the baseline, I made some mistakes in the service game I lost (3-4 in the third set) but I feel that I came back right away, that was the key. "
Next, Nadal is either Juan Martin del Potro, the fifth-seeded Argentine, or Gilles Simon, unrated. France
He has a record of 10-5 against Del Potro and 8-1 on Simon.
The triple champion Novak Djokovic, ranked 12th this year, can make his 10th quarterfinal of Wimbledon when he defeats Karen Khachanov, the world number 40 of Russia
The winner of this clash will face Kei Nishikori , who overcame a He was injured in reaching his first quarterfinal of Wimbledon with a 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (12/10), 6-1 win over Latvian Ernests Gulbis
. always like a big war for me when I play Novak. I always like to play against him. It's still a big challenge, "said Nishikori, who has beaten the Serb twice in 15 games.
Nishikori, 28, is the first Japanese to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon since Shuzo Matsuoka in 1995.
Nishikori needed a lengthy treatment and a medical arrest on his arm wound in the first set and had to save two set points on the third.
Gulbis, ranked 130 and qualified, had shocked the German Alexander Zverev In the third round,
but after playing three successive matches in the main draw to go that far, he was out of breath
John Isner, ninth head American series, also reached its first quarterfinal of Wimbledon 6-4, 7-6 (10/8), 7-6 (7/4) outweigh the Greek teen Stefanos Tsitsipas
Isner, 33, will be playing his first quarter-final at the majors since the 2011 US Open when he is in trouble. Former Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic
Raonic shot 37 Ace and 74 winners to defeat Mack Enzie McDonald of the United States and reach the quarter-finals for the fourth time.
The 27-year-old Canadian, finalist of Andy Murray in 2016, triumphed 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2.
The 13th seed has won all of his 20 service matches.
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