Novak Djokovic reached his tenth semifinal at Wimbledon and forty first at a serious event with a straight-set victory over unseeded Marton Fucsovics.
Djokovic received 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on a windy, cloudy afternoon at Centre Court to proceed his pursuit of a sixth championship on the All England Club and a record-tying twentieth Grand Slam title general.
Another day, one other semi-final for @DjokerNole #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/tT7i9yfACE
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 7, 2021
The 34-year-old from Serbia additionally improved to 19-0 at majors this season as he pursues the primary calendar-year Grand Slam by a person since Rod Laver in 1969.
The top-seeded Djokovic raced to a 5-0 lead after 18 minutes towards Fucsovics, a 29-year-old from Hungary who’s ranked forty eighth and was making his main quarterfinal debut.
But Djokovic then had a three-game blip and wanted six set factors earlier than ultimately closing out the opener.
2007 ➡️ 2021@DjokerNole makes it 🔟 semi-finals at #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/6xjefgl3mP
— ATP Tour (@atptour) July 7, 2021
He used a five-game run bridging the top of the second set and begin of the third to depart little doubt concerning the consequence.
💯 grass-court match wins for @DjokerNole 👏
The high seed sweeps apart Fucsovics 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/i8c5EqLhlu
— ATP Tour (@atptour) July 7, 2021
Djokovic will face No. 10 Denis Shapovalov or No. 25 Karen Khachanov in Friday’s semifinals.