If anyone had been on the other side of the net tonight, Felix Auger-Aliassime would have been celebrating. The Canadian played the best and longest match of his career, but it wasn't enough for him!
The best tennis player of all time, Novak Djokovic, defeated him after an incredible fight and reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the 15th time. After five hours and 15 minutes of pure fighting, he defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 3:2 (7:6, 3:6, 6:3, 6:7, 7:6).
This epic duel goes straight into the history books - the longest quarterfinal in the history of a London Grand Slam.
He faces the toughest possible task in the semifinals. On Friday, he will play against the world number one, Janik Siner.
Despite having three break points, Novak failed to break Auger-Aliassime's serve in the first set. It went to a tie-break where, after many reversals, he managed to use the fourth set point. It was 12:10 in the tie-break.
The Canadian managed to fight back. A break in the eighth game of the second set brought him close to tying the game. Although Djokovic had two more break points in the next game, he failed to capitalize on them and Felix leveled the score at 1:1.
In the second game of the third set, the Serbian tennis player missed three break points. However, Auger-Aliassime could not defend in the sixth game. After eight missed break points, Djokovic used the ninth break point, took a 4:2 lead and routinely brought the third set to an end, returning the advantage to his side.
Novak started the fourth set furiously. He broke immediately, in two games he did not allow a single point to Felix and it seemed that Djokovic was heading for victory. However, a sudden collapse followed, the fourth player in the world broke back and equalized. There was no risk - it went to a new tie-break.
Unlike in the first set, Auger-Aliassime fared better this time. He won the tiebreak 7:4 and tied the set at 2:2.
At the start of the fifth set, Novak could have easily broken - he missed three chances. A seesaw ensued, both players held their serves and we reached a super tie-break. And when the match broke down in the fifth set, it was Novak Djokovic's territory, even though he was visibly tired.
The best tennis player of all time made four mini breaks, solved the super tie-break with 10:4 and came away with a big victory.
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