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By Erik Gudris | Monday, June 30, 2014

 
Novak Djokovic Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic struck what may be the shot of the fortnight as he advanced in straight sets over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Wimbledon.

Photo Credit: Kieran Galvin / CameraSport

Novak Djokovic certainly saved the best for last.

Wimbledon - No Americans Left in Singles Draw

The top seed took control and stayed there for most of his fourth round match against No. 14 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. Djokovic, who didn't face break points in either the first or second sets, soon held a two sets to one lead.

Tsonga improved his serving in the third set and made that more of a contest under the Centre Court lights. Both players would enter a tiebreak. Djokovic, despite appearing to deal with shoulder pain, eventually found himself at match point.

That was when Djokovic unloaded on a backhand return. Initially, Djokovic thought the shot was in and celebrated the result. However, due to some confusion from the line judge, the ball was called out. Djokovic challenged, and when his shot was shown hitting the mark, he resumed celebrating the 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(5) win.

Watch the shot below.


"I am feeling good. I had two days off and recovered a little bit. I had a couple of tough matches last week, so it was good to win this in straight sets against such a good player as Tsonga," Djokovic said later to BBC Sport.

Djokovic will now face Marin Cilic who reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time in his career earlier.

Dimitrov, Murray Set Up Quarterfinal Clash

The anticipated elite eight showdown between Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov will take place after both booked solid fourth round wins.

Murray faced off against South African's Kevin Anderson on Centre Court. Due to heavy rain, the roof was opened and closed twice during this match. The challenging conditions still didn't put a dent in Murray's game as he marched on to win 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6).

"I knew I was going to get tested at some stage," Murray said later. "Today I was pushed, especially in the middle part of that second set, then obviously later on in the third there were some tight moments. But I handled them fairly well. It was a good match."

Next up for Murray will be recent Queen's Club winner Grigor Dimitrov.

Dimitrov took care of business with a straight sets 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-2 win over Argentina's Leonardo Mayer.

Murray is 3-1 lifetime against Dimitrov though the Bulgarian won their last meeting in Acapulco earlier this year.

 

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