Top seed Andy Murray is out of Wimbledon after being upset in the quarterfinals by 24th-seeded American Sam Querrey. Murray has struggled off and on this year, but looked good on the grass courts of Wimbledon until he ran into Querrey, who won a five-set battle, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-1.
Wimbledon results 2017: Top seeds Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic out in quarterfinals
The top two seeds at Wimbledon fell in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
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Novak Djokovic, the second seed, also found himself eliminated when he retired from his match against Tomas Berdych with an arm injury. The retirement happened in the second set.
Querrey hit 27 aces to Murray’s eight, and won 84 percent of his first serves. He converted on eight of 12 break point attempts, while Murray managed just three out of seven. Querrey hit 70 winners to Murray’s 33, but he’ll definitely be drained after the five-set match.
Marin Cilic, the seventh seed, made it past Gilles Muller, the 16th seed, also in five sets. Muller had a marathon match of nearly five hours in the previous round against Rafael Nadal, and he saw the court for more than three hours against Cilic. In the end, he couldn’t make it two huge wins in a row and he found himself eliminated.
Roger Federer, the third seed and favorite, is now an even bigger favorite as he made it into the semifinals with a dominant win over Milos Raonic on Wednesday. Federer won the match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(4).
Federer will face Berdych and Querrey will face Cilic in the semifinals.
The women’s semifinals are already set and will take place on Thursday. Those semifinals will see sixth seed Johanna Konta take on 10th seed Venus Williams, and in the other one 14th seed and 2015 champion Garbine Muguruza up against unseeded Magdalena Rybarikova.
Angelique Kerber, the top seed for the women, was beaten by Muguruza in an earlier round. The men’s semifinals will take place on Friday, with the women’s final on Saturday and the men’s final closing things out on Sunday.
Men’s Quarterfinals
No. 24 Sam Querrey def. No. 1 Andy Murray, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-1
No. 11 Tomas Berdych def. No. 2 Novak Djokovic, 7-6(2), 2-0 (retired)
No. 3 Roger Federer def. No. 6 Milos Raonic, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(4)
No. 7 Marin Cilic def. No. 16 Gilles Muller, 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
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