Along with his thirty third consecutive triumph at Wimbledon, in his four-hundredth Grand Slam match, Nole is thru to his forty sixth main semi-final, equalling Roger Federer’s file.

Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic returned to Centre Courtroom for the third straight day. The second seed recorded a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 win to remain on monitor for his record-tying eighth Wimbledon title and his twenty fourth main trophy.

Rublev began robust, changing his first break level of the match at 4-4, which was sufficient to win the opening set.

Novak rapidly regrouped to dominate the second set, racing to a 5-0 lead, letting his rival win just one sport earlier than closing it out.

The third set proved to be decisive, with each gamers performing their finest tennis. The Serbian star broke within the fifth sport and saved three break factors as he served for a two-sets-to-one lead. He gained the longest sport of the match, combating by six deuces.

Djokovic capitalised on two break level probabilities within the fourth set to say the victory. He now leads the pair’s ATP H2H sequence 4-1.

Match statistics: aces (5-6), double faults (1-2), winners (41-32), unforced errors (23-25), whole factors gained (120-96).

Novak will meet no.8 seed Jannik Sinner (2-0 H2H file) in Friday’s semi-finals.

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