Djokovic Survives Barrage to Make Wimbledon Last-eight

Novak Djokovic Celebrates after Winning Second Set

Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a barrage from big-hitting Kevin Anderson to reach his seventh successive Wimbledon quarterfinal on Tuesday.

The top seed came from behind to win 6-7 (6/8), 6-7 (6/8), 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 in a last-16 tie suspended due to bad light on Monday at the end of the fourth set.




The Serb, who has now reached 25 Grand Slam semi-finals in a row, goes on to face Croatia’s US Open champion Marin Cilic for a place in the semi-finals.

Anderson, the South African 14th seed, fired 40 aces and 71 winners but committed 41 unforced errors.

Djokovic crashed 43 winners past his opponent but hit just 19 unforced errors.