De Minaur withdraws from Wimbledon, Djokovic advances to semi-finals

p a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a has withdrawn from a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a prior to his quarter-final clash against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a due to injury. /p

p The ninth-seeded Australian announced he was unable to compete against the seven-time champion Djokovic at a press conference. He had spoken of jarring his hip in the closing stages of his fourth-round victory against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a, and he was unable to recover in time to take on the second-seeded Djokovic on Centre Court on Wednesday. /p

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p Djokovic, the No. 2 in the PIF ATP Rankings, advances to a semi-final clash against 13th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a or 25th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview'Lorenzo Musetti/a at the grass-court major, where he is bidding to equal a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/a’s record of eight men’s singles title. /p

p By reaching the last four this year, the 37-year-old Serbian has equalled Federer’s record of 13 appearances in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a men’s singles semi-finals. /p

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