At Wimbledon in the men’s singles decided the participants of 1/4 finals.
The main event of this stage of the tournament was an incredible marathon match between Rafael Nadal and Gilles Muller. Two-time Wimbledon champion battled back from 0:2, but in the decisive game after almost five hours of fighting and four played match-balls was nevertheless forced to capitulate to Muller, who committed on the way to the main career victory 30 aces and more than a hundred winners. Mueller for the first time since 2008, reached the quarter-finals in the tournament series Grand slam, and Nadal lost the chance after Wimbledon to become the first racket of the world.
The first racket of the world and the reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in a minimum of three parties dealt with Benoit Paire and became only the third player in the history of men’s tennis, which is one major failed 10 times in a row to reach the quarter-finals. In case of a victory over Sam Querrey Murray will remain the leader of the ATP ranking after Wimbledon.
With minimal problems Roger Federer has followed in his 50th quarter-finals in the tournament series Grand slam. The Swiss surprisingly easily passed the dangerous Grigor Dimitrov. On the course the match Federer vs Milos Raonic – seven-time Wimbledon champion will try to take revenge for last year defeat in the semifinals of the grass Slam.
In connection with the protracted match between Nadal and Muller Novak Djokovic the match of the fourth round held a day later. The Serb had no problems dealing with Adrian Mannarino and went out to meet last year’s semifinalist of Wimbledon to Tomas Berdych.
The results of the matches of the fourth round:
Andy Murray (UK, 1) – Benoit Paire (France) – 7:6, 6:4, 6:4
Roberto Bautista-Agut (Spain, 18) – Marin Cilic (Croatia, 7) – 2:6, 2:6, 2:6
Sam Querry (USA, 24) – Kevin Anderson (South Africa) – 5:7, 7:6, 6:3, 6:7, 6:3
Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria, 13) – Roger Federer (Switzerland, 3) — 4:6, 2:6, 4:6
Rafael Nadal (Spain, 4) – Gilles Muller (Luxembourg, 16) — 3:6, 4:6, 6:3, 6:4
Milos Raonic (Canada, 6) – Alexander Zverev (Germany, 10) — 4:6, 7:5, 4:6, 7:5, 6:1
Dominique Tim (Austria, 8) – Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic, 11) — 3:6, 7:6, 3:6, 6:3, 3:6
Adrian Mannarino (France) – Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 2) – 2:6, 6:7, 4:6
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