Playing in his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final, Novak Djokovic recorded a century of tour-level wins on grass as he suffocated the challenge of Marton Fucsovics with a 6-3 6-4 6-4 win to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Wednesday. 
 
While such numbers might sound impressive, for Djokovic the only statistic that matters is that his dream of joining Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal on a record 20 Grand Slam titles was still very much alive as was the chance of becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to complete the calendar slam. 
 
Fucsovics produced some gutsy shots to stay alive in the first set when Djokovic stood at 5-0 up with two set points and hung in with the top seed till 4-4 in the second. 
 
But once Djokovic broke for a 5-4 lead in the second set, it was clear that this would not be his day. 
 
In his 10th Wimbledon semi-final, and 41st across all four majors, the Serbian will meet either Canadian 10th seed Denis Shapovalov or Russia`s Karen Khachanov in the last four. 
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Playing in his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final, Novak Djokovic recorded a century of tour-level wins on grass as he suffocated the challenge of Marton Fucsovics with a 6-3 6-4 6-4 win to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Wednesday.

Playing in his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final, Novak Djokovic recorded a century of tour-level wins on grass as he suffocated the challenge of Marton Fucsovics with a 6-3 6-4 6-4 win to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Wednesday. While such numbers might sound impressive, for Djokovic the only statistic that matters is that his dream of joining Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal on a record 20 Grand Slam titles was still very much alive as was the chance of becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to complete the calendar slam. Fucsovics produced some gutsy shots to stay alive in the first set when Djokovic stood at 5-0 up with two set points and hung in with the top seed till 4-4 in the second. But once Djokovic broke for a 5-4 lead in the second set, it was clear that this would not be his day. In his 10th Wimbledon semi-final, and 41st across all four majors, the Serbian will meet either Canadian 10th seed Denis Shapovalov or Russia`s Karen Khachanov in the last four.

Tennis: Djokovic ends Fucsovics run to reach 10th Wimbledon semi-final

Roger Federer reached the Australian Open quarter-finals for the 14th time on Monday but the defending champion did not have everything his own way against 80th-ranked Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.

The 36-year-old Swiss was not at his dazzling best on a sun-bathed Rod Laver Arena but claimed a 6-4 7-6(3) 6-2 to set up a quarter-final against Czech Tomas Berdych.

Fucsovics had never won a main draw grand slam match before arriving in Melbourne but after winning three rounds the 25-year-old produced a skilful and confident performance to keep second seed Federer on his toes for two sets.

There were no real alarms for the Swiss though and he raced away to victory in the third set.

&quot;I thought he played very well, it`s fast conditions so you have to have quick ideas and execute well and he did that very well,&quot; Federer said on court after his first day match of the tournament so far.

&quot;It was only when I had two sets and a break I felt like I had the wind behind my back.&quot;

Federer is the oldest man to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open since Ken Rosewall in 1977.

The 36-year-old claimed a 6-4 7-6(3) 6-2 to set up a quarter-final against Czech Tomas Berdych

Roger Federer reached the Australian Open quarter-finals for the 14th time on Monday but the defending champion did not have everything his own way against 80th-ranked Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. The 36-year-old Swiss was not at his dazzling best on a sun-bathed Rod Laver Arena but claimed a 6-4 7-6(3) 6-2 to set up a quarter-final against Czech Tomas Berdych. Fucsovics had never won a main draw grand slam match before arriving in Melbourne but after winning three rounds the 25-year-old produced a skilful and confident performance to keep second seed Federer on his toes for two sets. There were no real alarms for the Swiss though and he raced away to victory in the third set. "I thought he played very well, it`s fast conditions so you have to have quick ideas and execute well and he did that very well," Federer said on court after his first day match of the tournament so far. "It was only when I had two sets and a break I felt like I had the wind behind my back." Federer is the oldest man to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open since Ken Rosewall in 1977.

Roger Federer eases past Fucsovics into Melbourne quarter-finals

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