Wimbledon day seven highlights

Highlights of day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Monday (all times GMT):

1915 FEDERER SAILS THROUGH

Sixth seed Roger Federer, who turns 40 next month, has become the oldest man to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals in the Open Era by defeating Italian Lorenzo Sonego 7-5 6-4 6-2.

1845 AUGER-ALIASSIME DOWNS ZVEREV

Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, 20, earned the biggest win of his fledgling career as he knocked out fourth seed Alexander Zverev 6-4 7-6(6) 3-6 3-6 6-4 to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final.

1835 MEDVEDEV-HURKACZ CLASH POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN

World number two Daniil Medvedev was leading Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 3-4 when the match was postponed on Court Two due to rain. All matches on the outer courts will resume on Tuesday.

1610 RED-HOT KERBER MAKES SHORT WORK OF GAUFF

German Angelique Kerber, the only former Wimbledon champion left in the women’s draw, beat Coco Gauff 6-4 6-4 to end the American 17-year-old’s bid to become the youngest woman to reach the quarter-finals since Maria Sharapova in 2004.

Earlier, Karolina Muchova battled past Spain’s Paula Badosa 7-6(6) 6-4 to reach the last eight for the second time while Viktorija Golubic upset 23rd seed Madison Keys 7-6(3) 6-3.

1450 FUCSOVICS SENDS RUBLEV PACKING

Marton Fucsovics had lost his three previous meetings with Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev this year in straight sets, but the Hungarian prevailed 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-0 6-3 at Wimbledon to set up a quarter-final against top seed Novak Djokovic.

1430 DJOKOVIC PROVES TOO STRONG FOR GARIN

Holder Novak Djokovic reached his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final with a comfortable 6-2 6-4 6-2 win over Cristian Garin of Chile.

1425 SHAPOVALOV EASES INTO QUARTERS

Canada’s 10th seed Denis Shapovalov racked up an impressive tally of 52 winners in a 6-1 6-3 7-5 win over eighth seed Robert Bautista Agut of Spain.

1410 KHACHANOV BATTLES PAST KORDA IN FIVE-SET THRILLER

Russian Karen Khachanov reached his first Wimbledon quarter-final after seeing off American Sebastian Korda 3-6 6-4 6-3 5-7 10-8.

There were 13 breaks of serve in a chaotic last set before Khachanov prevailed in just under four hours on Court 18.

1345 BARTY PASSES KREJCIKOVA TEST

World number one Ash Barty booked a place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time with a 7-5 6-3 victory over Czech French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, who was riding a 15-match winning streak.

1330 PLISKOVA ENDS SAMSONOVA STREAK

Eighth-seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova ended Liudmila Samsonova’s 10-match unbeaten run on grass, beating the Russian wildcard 6-2 6-3 to reach her first Wimbledon quarter-final.

1155 SABALENKA SURVIVES RYBAKINA SCARE

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus overcame a mid-match wobble to beat Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina 6-3 4-6 6-3 and reach her maiden Grand Slam quarter-final.

1150 JABEUR POWERS PAST SWIATEK

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur rallied from a set down to beat 2020 French Open champion Iga Swiatek 5-7 6-1 6-1. The 26-year-old becomes the first Arab player to make quarter-finals at Wimbledon since Egypt’s Ismail El Shafei in 1974.