LONDON -- Novak Djokovic, the two-time Wimbledon champion, reached his 50th Grand Slam quarterfinal defeating Cristian Garin from Chile 6-2.Men's first-timers included Canadian Denis Shapovalov and Marton Fucsovics from Hungary, Denis Shapovalov of Canada, and Matteo Berrettini of Italy. Russian Karen Khachanov won a bizarre fifth set to defeat American Sebastian Korda at 21.Djokovic reached Wimbledon's 12th quarterfinal, which tied him with Arthur Gore, who is currently third on the men's all time list. He was just 18 points behind Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer. According to ESPN Stats & Information, he is fifth player to reach 50 Grand Slam semifinals. He joins Federer (57 at Monday's match), Chris Evert (54) Serena Williams (54) Navratilova (53), and Jimmy Connors (18).Djokovic stated, "It's an honor to break records in a sport that I love,". "I am as dedicated to this sport as anyone on the tour. "I just try my best."The top-ranked Serb lost only three points on his serve and saved the two break points that he faced.Djokovic seeks his sixth title at All England Club, and a record-breaking 20th Grand Slam trophy.Garin was playing for the first-time on Centre Court and was broken five times.Fucsovics, a Hungarian-born man, became the first to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals after defeating Andrey Rublev Monday.Fucsovics won to defeat the No. 5th-seeded Russian defeated 6-3, 6-8, 4-6 and 6-0. 2 Court to arrange a meeting with Djokovic.Fucsovics lost to Rublev in four tournaments this season, one of which was due to injury withdrawal. He also lost to Fucsovics at the French Open last year.He was the first Hungarian man to reach the quarterfinals in any Grand Slam tournament since 1981, and the first Hungarian man to do so since Jozsef Aboth in 1948 at Wimbledon.Berrettini, the first Italian man to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 23 years, defeated unseeded Ilya Ivashka, 6-4,6-3, 6-1.Berrettini, seventh seed, landed just 53% of his first serves and was only broken once. He won 37 matches to Ivashka's 16, and broke his opponent six times.Berrettini won last month's Queen's Club grass court tournament and has lost only one set at Wimbledon. Since 1998, Davide Sanguinetti (1998), Berrettini is the first Italian to reach quarterfinals at All England Club.Lorenzo Sonego, an Italian citizen, has the chance to play Federer on Centre Court later.Khachanov, seeded No. 25 beat Korda 3-6 6-4, 3-3, 6-3, 5-6, 7-5, 10-8. Both players were tired and nervous and there were 13 service breaks in the final set. It was disappointing for Korda's otherwise excellent Wimbledon debut.No. 8-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut won 6-1,6-3, 7-5This report was contributed by The Associated Press.
