Novak Djokovic needed a second day and plenty of hard work to finish the job, but the second seed advanced to the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday.
After winning the first two sets on Sunday evening, the seven-time champion returned to Centre Court 16 hours later and dropped the third set before sealing a 7-6(6), 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-4 victory over Hubert Hurkacz.
No.6 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia cruised past No.9 seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-0, 6-3 in the Round of 16 at Wimbledon.
Jabeur, who reached her first Grand Slam final last year at Wimbledon, needed just 63 minutes to defeat Kvitova for only the second time in their six career meetings. Jabeur moves into the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the third straight year.
World No.1 Iga Swiatek saved two match points to defeat No.14 and Olympic champion Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 6-3 to advance to her first Wimbledon quarterfinals. The victory marked Swiatek’s 14th consecutive win and booked her a place in her ninth straight quarterfinal. The 22-year-old Pole is the youngest player to make the quarterfinals at all four majors since Svetlana Kuznetsova. Swiatek will face Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina for a spot in the semifinals.