LONDON – A business-like Novak Djokovic threatened to short-change over 14,000 fans who had forked out 170 pounds ($234) for Wednesday’s Centre Court tickets when, after only 19 minutes of action, he stood on the cusp of bagging the first set 6-0.
Trailing 0-5 and 15-40 on serve, it seemed like Marton Fucsovics’s first foray into a Grand Slam quarter-final would be short and not very sweet.
But somehow the 29-year-old avoided disappearing into a Wimbledon sinkhole for two hours and 17 minutes before Djokovic pushed him over the edge for a 6-3 6-4 6-4 win that secured him a place in the All England Club semi-finals for a 10th time.
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