And it looked like more of the same while leading 6-3, 4-2 until Jankovic started her comeback. “So if I’m able to do this at my age, it is unbelievable still”, he said.
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“I hit a drop-shot and it came back over”.
So as much as Brown has set the 2015 tournament alight, the qualifier should have known the writing was on the wall when he beat Nadal.
“I had the right preparation, all the things I thought were going to be fine to play a good Wimbledon“.
Meanwhile, Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic became the oldest man in 39 years to reach the Wimbledon last-16 as he defeated French 13th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. “Obviously I am not unbeatable on this surface, but it comes more natural playing on this, especially with my type of game”. “It does not come natural”, said Jankovic, a Serb seeded 28th at this year’s tournament. I just always go on to the next one, the next point. Even though he is a two-time Wimbledon champion, he has not made it past the fourth round in any of the past three, now four, Wimbledons.
For Kvitova, it was her earliest exit at Wimbledon since losing in the first round in 2009.
It was another miserable moment in a troubled season for Nadal, who has won just two tour titles all year and failed to go past the quarter-finals at any grand slam event.
After a small hiccup, Roger Federer quickly found his stride again to advance at Wimbledon. Federer got his racket to the ball, but couldn’t return it.
“I think it’s about keeping a short backswing on the return, trying to see it”, Federer said of his tactics against the big-serving Australian.
Murray will play 25th-seeded Andreas Seppi in the last match on Centre Court, while Ward faces Pospisil on Court 1.
LONDON: Novak Djokovic told long-time rival Rafael Nadal not to be panicked into sacking his uncle Toni as coach in a bid to salvage his faltering career.
During five trips to the All England Club from 2006-11, Nadal reached the final every time.
The world number 10, lost 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to world No. 102 Brown as his dismal run in the tourney continued.
The 36-year-old Karlovic is the oldest man to make it that far at Wimbledon since fellow Croatian Niki Pilic in 1976. John Isner, the American who won the longest tennis match in history in 2010, lost 12-10 in the fifth set to USA Open champion Marin Cilic.
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Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut was the first through to the fourth round on “Sportsman Saturday”, beating Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-6 (7-4), 6-0, 6-1.
