Alcaraz, Djokovic still on collision course at Wimbledon

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Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz remained on collision course at Wimbledon with fourth-round victories on Monday while Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur set up a repeat of last year’s final.
Defending champion Djokovic conceded his first set of the tournament as he was briefly thrown off balance by Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz on the resumption of their contest.
The 36-year-old, who led by two sets when Wimbledon’s curfew halted his progress on Sunday, quickly recovered to claim a 7-6(6), 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-4 victory in his 100th match at the tournament.
Rybakina enjoyed an easier route into the quarter-finals after her Brazilian opponent Beatriz Haddad Maia retired with a back injury while trailing the third seed 4-1 in the first set.
“It’s never easy to finish a match like this and I hope it’s nothing really serious,” said Moscow-born Kazakh Rybakina, who will next take on Jabeur who she beat in last year’s final.

“It was really unlucky for Beatriz and I hope she gets better,” added Rybakina.World number one and top seed Alcaraz also dropped a set but hit back in sensational fashion to beat Italian former runner-up Matteo Berrettini 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Alcaraz will face fellow 20-year-old Holger Rune on Wednesday in what will be the youngest Wimbledon men’s quarter-final in the professional era while seven-time champion Djokovic is back in action on Tuesday in his 56th Grand Slam quarter final, against Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev.
Djokovic, bidding for a fifth successive title, took his winning streak at Wimbledon to 32 matches and is now unbeaten on Centre Court for a decade.