Novak, Federer can inch closer to title showdown

 Novak, Federer can Inch Closer to Title Showdown

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer can inch closer to a Wimbledon title showdown on Wednesday when they make landmark appearances in the quarter-finals.

World number one Djokovic, chasing a sixth title at the All England Club and record-equalling 20th Grand Slam, plays his 50th quarter-final at the majors.

The Serb tackles Marton Fucsovics, the first Hungarian man to get this far since 1948.

Federer, just five weeks shy of his 40th birthday, is in his 18th Wimbledon quarter-final and 58th at the majors.

He faces Hubert Hurkacz next.

Should Federer reach the semi-finals, he will face either Italian seventh seed Matteo Berrettini or Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 16th-seeded Canadian.

Berrettini reached his maiden Slam quarter-final at the French Open last month where he lost to Djokovic.

Auger-Aliassime, 20, is in the last-eight of a Slam for the first time after knocking out fourth seed Alexander Zverev in five sets.

(Source : The Pioneer)