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11:30 p.m.
The All England Club says British teenager Emma Raducanu retired from her fourth-round match against Ajla Tomljanovic because of difficulty breathing.
Raducanu was trailing 6-4, 3-0 when she stopped playing.
The 18-year-old Raducanu was playing in her first Grand Slam tournament and second tour-level event. She won fans all over Britain during her run to the second week at Wimbledon.Ajla Tomljanovic has reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon when British teenager Emma Raducanu had to stop playing after a medical timeout in the second set.
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It was not immediately clear what Raducanu’s health issue was. She was visited by a trainer on court and then they left for the locker room. Shortly after, the chair umpire announced that Raducanu could not continue.
The 75th-ranked Tomljanovic was leading 6-4, 3-0 when the match ended under the closed roof at No. 1 Court.
“I’m actually really kind of shocked and it’s obviously so bittersweet, because Emma must be really, really hurt if she came to the decision to retire,” Tomljanovic said.
She will face No. 1 Ash Barty in an all-Australian quarterfinal on Tuesday.
Raducanu is an 18-year-old who is ranked 338th and received a wild-card invitation from the All England Club so she could make her Grand Slam debut and participate in only her second tour-level event.
Roger Federer became the oldest man in the Open era to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals by beating Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets.
The eight-time Wimbledon champion needed two attempts to serve out the first set but never looked threatened after that, winning 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 on Centre Court.
The 39-year-old Federer broke the age record for quarterfinalists held by Ken Rosewall, who was also 39 when he reached the last eight in 1974.
It is the 18th time Federer has gone that far at the All England Club, extending his own record.
Felix Auger-Aliassime upset No. 4-seeded Alexander Zverev at Wimbledon to give Canada two men’s quarterfinalists in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.
Auger-Aliassime withstood a comeback attempt from Zverev to win 6-4, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 and earn what he called ”surely the best victory of my life.” The match finished under a closed roof on No. 1 Court after a brief rain delay early in the fifth set.
Auger-Aliassime reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time and joined countryman Denis Shapovalov in the last eight.
Zverev struggled with his serve throughout and finished with 20 double-faults.
Auger-Aliassime will face Matteo Berrettini next.
7.40 p.m.
The fourth-round match between No. 2-seeded Daniil Medvedev and No. 14 Hubert Hurkacz was suspended in the fourth set until Tuesday because of rain.
Medvedev leads 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 3-4, with the players on serve in the fourth set.
Medvedev seeks his first berth in a Wimbledon quarterfinal. He has reached the final eight at the other three majors.
Play on Wimbledon’s Centre Court has restarted with the roof closed after a rain delay of about 20 minutes.
Lorenzo Sonego double-faulted on the first point when play resumed to hand Roger Federer a break and a 6-5 lead in the first set.
Play at Wimbledon has been halted because of rain.
Roger Federer was playing Lorenzo Sonego on Centre Court with their fourth-round match level 5-5 in the first set when play was stopped.
Alexander Zverev was in the fifth set against Felix Auger-Aliassime on No. 1 Court after the fourth-seeded German came from two sets down.
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