Wimbledon 2023 Quarter-Finals: Djokovic Advances to Next Round, Świątek Eliminated

Rana Atef

Tuesday witnessed the beginning of the Wimbledon 2023 quarter-final contests. This day featured matches for Novak Djokovic, and No. 1 Iga Świątek.

Novak Djokovic had a real battle against seventh seed Andrey Rublev to continue his road to his eighth Wimbledon men's title.

Rublev captured the victory of the first set, however, the Serb fought back to win 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3.

Djokovic will face Italian Jannik Sinner in the next round. He managed to equal the record of Roger Federer.

From defence to attack.
Incredible from @DjokerNole 💪#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/YTOmsC31KQ
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 11, 2023

Sinner reached his first Grand Slam semi-final after defeating Russian Roman Safiullin 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2.

🇮🇹 Nicola Pietrangeli
🇮🇹 Matteo Berrettini
🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner@janniksin becomes just the third Italian man to reach a #Wimbledon semi-final pic.twitter.com/OBNgHWpcCY
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 11, 2023

Sinner became the youngest man to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals since 2007, although that record will be broken by Carlos Alcaraz or Holger Rune who will meet each other in the quarter-final tomorrow.

Jannik Sinner is the youngest man to reach the semi-finals since 2007...
The youngest for a day anyway 😉#Wimbledon | @janniksin pic.twitter.com/RT2unB60s6
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 11, 2023

Regarding the Women's Singles, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina paid homage to her country with her victory over top seed Iga Swiatek 7-5 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 in the last eight.

"HOW ABOUT THAT!" 😲
A stunning @ElinaSvitolina backhand on the run is today's Play of the Day, presented by @BarclaysUK #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/Oe4osRPUXx
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 11, 2023

Moreover, Markéta Vondroušová managed to advance to her first-ever grand slam semi-final after beating third seed holder Jessica Pegula 6-4 2-6 6-4.