Wimbledon quarter-finals: Federer v Hurkacz, Djokovic through and more – live! | Sport

Federer breaks back. Hurkacz seems to get caught in the wind and his own adrenaline and coughs up three break points to Federer. The first is saved by Roger overcooking a shot from the baseline, then comes an ace, and a double. Ouch. 0-2.

The Fed fans are still clapping their hero as he goes to 30-0. Hurkacz though hits a falling leaf of a drop shot, and it’s 30-15. Federer though serves out. 1-0 in the second.

Hurkacz getting tied up? He starts nervously but then serves and volleys his way back to 15-15. Then crashes a service winner, then a forehand winner for set point. He’s cruising here, then Federer nets to hand over the first set.

Federer is not having nearly as much joy, and he serves at 5-2 down. His fans roar him on to 40-0 but gasp at a double fault. Then Hurkacz challenges an ace that comes off the line, and loses. 5-3.

Afternoon, all. It’s breezy out there but that didn’t stop Djoko cruising through.

John Brewin is here to take you through the opening stages of that – and also those of Federer v Hurkacz, where the Pole has just broken for 4-2 in set one.

Looking at the stats, Shapovalov did better in almost every department which, in a way, makes his win even more impressive: he handled an opponent he was superior to wining the big points and going 2-1 up, stayed true to his aggressive approach, and saw him off very nicely at the end.

Shapovalov begins by thanking the crowd, saying there were times he thought Khachanov would run away with it, but the support kept him going. It was hard, he says, having 0-40 and not converting, so he told himself to play every point as hard as possible and says both he and Khachanov deserved to progress. As for what’s coming next, he knows Djokovic is the best in the world, but “everything is possible and “when you look at the scoreboard first thing on Friday, it’ll be zero-zero”. He also notes that “it’s just a tennis match, anything can happen,” and says that he and his team are working hard. He believes, you can feel it through the screen, and he knows he deserves this: this is who he is. Add that to his athleticism and skill, and it’s a heady, potent mix.

Hold tight Khachanov too, who played really well – especially given the tough match he had on Monday. He’ll be back.

Khachanov nets and Shapovalov hurls himself to the turf! What a win this is and what a match this was! He played beautifully in the final two sets and never altered his approach, looking to take risks and hit winners; he’s a big danger in the semi and a future superstar.

One thing you know is that Shapovalov will go for this, and he opens with an ace … then a double! Pressure! Pressure? Pah! Shapovalov is ripping it here, forehands out wide, and Khachanov kan’t kope, all the more so with that one-two again, a serve out wide then a forehand into the opposite corner. Shapovalov has two match points!

On Centre, Federer invited Kurkacz to serve and they’ve swapped holds.

Khachanov is forced to save another break point at 30-40 – Shapovalov goes long on the return – but on advantage, he sends a backhand cross-court wide, just. Then, on deuce, he finds his way to the net, again, but Shapovalov’s power is too much and he can’t control his volley. Still, he saves another break point only to find himself facing another and this time he’s done for, Shapovalov sending him to hither and yon … only to go long when anywhere short and it was point over! That is a monumental oversight! He’s 0/6 from break points in this set, 3/18 across the match! But immediately, he forces another … and Khachanov goes long on the forehand. That’s 5-4, and Shapovalov will shortly return to serve for the match!

“I love how early Shapo takes the backhand,” returns James W. “One of the few left handers with a single handed backhand too. I can only think of Deliciano Lopez as the one other to have one in today’s game.”

Is that a typo? Its a belter.

This reminds me a bit of the Isner-Anderson semi: although it went 26-24 in the final set, it was obvious Anderson would win for quite some time because he was clearly less tired. Not to the same extent, but Shapovalov has lost three points on serve this set and two of those were doubles. He holds to love for 4-4.

Khachanov has looked less so, but at 15-0 he screeches a disgusting backhand pass cross-court for a winner. But from 40-0 he winds up at 40-30, and though he then secures the game, these difficult holds must be taking a toll. He leads 4-3.

Shapovalov needs to put that last game away because he’ll be fuming with how he tossed it … and that’s exactly what he does, holding to 15 for 3-3 in the decider. He’s looking strong.

And have a look! A forehand winner, then a backhand to the corner followed by an overhead, and at 0-30 Shapovalov has a sniff. Khachanov’s tired now, and yanked to the net for a drop, those stone hands can only pat into the net; as Martina notes, when you’ve not played a volley in 10 days you’ll struggle. But then he comes in again and plays two belters to save the first break point! Probably because he’s tired and needs short points, but it works, and then a wild forehand return gives him 40-30. Key point coming up and again Shapovalov is wild, a return soaring long. Khachanov cleans up swiftly, five points in a row giving him 3-2 – an achievement he celebrates with requisite gusto.

But it’s Shapovalov who’s finding things easier, and he rushes through a much easier hold for 2-2.

Meantime, on No1, Khachanov hangs onto his serve to 30 and that’s a sizeable hold. He leads 2-1 in the decider.

Djokovic says it was a solid performance – he started well, but after that Fucsovics fought back and one break was enough for each set. He then talks about how much he loves the sport, “with my body and soul”, having played since the age of four, so when he hears of his achievements – a list of which is read to him – it feels surreal, but he thanks Rishi Persad for helping his confidence. He notes that both Khachanov and Shapovalov are looking great – “we’re all looking great, we’re in the semi-finals” – then, when prompted, though as if he’d forget, discusses his happiness as playing in front of a capacity crowd for the first time.

Fucsovics gets an ovation too, and he’s earned it. He could easily have shrunk in that first set but he didn’t, and actually missed chances to make even more of a match of it.

He’s just so good, and reaches his 41st major semi-final! He plays wither Khachanov or Shapovalov next, and does his whipping up each stand thing, which makes him extremely loveable.

Khachanov takes the first game of the final set and leaps himself into life on the way back to his chair. But he still played a five-setter just two days ago and Martina reckons he’s bushed, wondering if Shapovalov has noticed.

Well done Marton Fucsovics! (Why do we always use fore and surnames in such sentences? I think it’s a rhythm thing, so we need the syllables, but I’m not sure). Anyway, He holds, so Djokovic will serve for the match at 5-4 in the third.

Here comes the decider, and Shapovalov has his tail right up.

John Inverdale wonders if we won’t realise how good Djokovic is till he retires, unlike Hafa and Hoger. But surely no one is in any doubt, he just not as loved as they are – oh, and he holds for 5-3, so Fucsoivcs must now hold to stay in the match.

Meantime, Fucsovics struggles through another deuce hold, and trails 4-3 in set three.

Shapovalov arranges himself a break point for 5-1, but a big serve quickly confiscates it to make deuce; no matter. A fine backhand return from Shapovalov, backhand down the line, drops onto the corner and is too good, then Khachanov swipes long! Shapovalov will now serve for set four, and if he botcehs it will still get another go.

Fucsovics is also having at it, but again he can’t convert his break points – there are two of them. He’s really close, just missing lines as Djokovic hits inside them, but at the end of it, Djokovic has 4-2 and he has a temper. While that was going in, Shapovalov consolidated to love.

Now then! Khachanov hasn’t won a point on his second serve so far this set, and a double at 0-30 risks the advantage he just flogged himself to acquire. He saves the first break point, but forced to rely on another second serve, he goes long on the backhand and Shapovalov now leads 3-1 in set four! This looks like going to a decider!

Meanwhile, on No1, Shapovalov is punching the air like he’s just scored a worldy after somehow retrieving a shot from behind him and around his arse, sending a lob that Khachanov meets with a tweener. He responds with a deep volley, Khachanov nets, and they end up at deuce on the Khachanov serve … but Khachanov closes out beautifully, and this is a brilliant match now; we’re at that elusive juncture, where both players are playing well at the same time. It’s one game all, Khachanov by two sets to one.

Shonuff, he’s facing a break point at 30-40, but Djokovic goes fractionally long with a backhand, then applauds when a fine drop of his is met with an even better one, across the face of the net. An ace follows, and that’s huge hold for 1-2!

So Shapovalov takes a break while, on Centre, Djokovic has, so far, retrieved four break-back points, the first three in a row. Credit to Fucsovics, he’s had several opportunities to write this off and hasn’t taken them, but class eventually prevails and he trails 6-3 6-4 2-0.

Looking at the stats for that set, almost all of them are in Shapovalov’s favour, but when it’s tight it comes down to a few points and Khachanov played them better.

Khachanov struggled to serve out against Korda and he’s struggling to do so here too. A poor backhand hands Shapovalov break-back point, but he strong-stands and makes deuce before closing out, a wild forehand return handing him the set when he would’ve been feeling the pressure.

Oh dear. Another forehand error gives Djokovic 15-40, and seconds later he has his break. Fucsovics now looks extremely displeased with life.