Wimbledon day eight: Emma Raducanu’s dream run ends, Novak Djokovic’s incredible stat, a catch of the day
Emma Raducanu’s fairytale run at Wimbledon ended in the fourth round.
The 18-year-old Briton, the breakout star of this year’s Championships, was a set and a break down to Ajla Tomljanovic when she had to retire.
Elsewhere the top two women’s seeds, Ashleigh Barty and Aryna Sabalenka, are through to the quarter-finals but Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff bowed out.
In the men’s draw, old rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer won in straight sets but fourth seed Alexander Zverev was knocked out in five by Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Here we look at the events of day eight.
Tweet of the day
MOOD 💥👊🏽💥 #Wimbledon #QuarterFinals pic.twitter.com/EyDdHOX7Jm
— Félix AugerAliassime (@felixtennis) July 5, 2021
Quote of the day
Picture of the day
Shot of the day
To get there, and to play that shot 😮
Unbelievable from Marton Fucsovics ⚡️#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/SE0MRtIOR4
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 5, 2021
Stat of the day
50 Grand Slam quarter-finals.
In this form, he’s going to take some beating…#Wimbledon | @DjokerNole pic.twitter.com/t9HWGHGZ2Y
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 5, 2021
Catch of the day
This is my wife! On our anniversary!! I’m a ‘B’ lister in my own home 😂 https://t.co/GAWUle2Tfo
— Clive Tyldesley (@CliveTyldesley) July 5, 2021
She’s almost caught that too well, Clive.
Nick treads a fine line
The Wimbledon fines list was published and it was little surprise to see Nick Kyrgios feature prominently. The Australian will have to fork out 5,500 US Dollars for two incidents of swearing. Britain’s Dan Evans was also on the role of potty-mouthed shame.
Celebrity corner
Brit watch
Fallen seeds
Men: Alexander Zverev (4), Roberto Bautista Agut (8), Christian Garin (17), Lorenzo Sonego (23).
Women: Iga Swiatek (7), Barbora Krejcikova (14), Elena Rybakina (18), Coco Gauff (20), Madison Keys (23), Paula Badosa (30).
Day eight order of play
Centre Court
Daniil Medvedev v Hubert Hurkacz
Ons Jabeur v Aryna Sabalenka
Ashleigh Barty v Ajla Tomljanovic
Court One
Karolina Pliskova v Viktorija Golubic
Karolina Muchova v Angelique Kerber
Day eight weather watch
20 degrees – Heavy rain changing to partly cloudy by night time (Met Office)
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