Wimbledon 2025 Day Eight Recap

The ultimate day of fourth-round motion at Wimbledon 2025 delivered a mixture of rigidity, heartbreak, and resilience as the lads’s quarter-final lineup was locked in.

Novak Djokovic got here from behind to grind out a four-set win over Alex de Minaur, Jannik Sinner survived a significant scare after Grigor Dimitrov was pressured to retire whereas main by two units, and Ben Shelton powered previous Lorenzo Sonego to achieve the final eight at SW19 for the primary time.

Dimitrov’s retirement, his fifth in as many Slams, solid a sombre tone over what had been a superb efficiency up till his harm struck halfway by the third.

In the meantime, Flavio Cobolli’s impressed run continued with a four-set win over 2017 finalist Marin Cilic, because the Italian booked his place in a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final.

With the quarter-finals now set and matchups like Fritz vs. Khachanov and Norrie vs. Alcaraz set for tomorrow, right here’s the whole lot that occurred on Day Eight at Wimbledon.

Day Eight Wimbledon 2025 Spherical of 16 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Jannik Sinner (1)
Grigor Dimitrov (19)
3-6 5-7 2-2 RET

Ben Shelton (10)
Lorenzo Sonego
3-6 6-1 7-6(1) 7-5

Flavio Cobolli (22)
Marin Cilic
6-4 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(3)

Alex de Minaur (11)
Novak Djokovic (6)
1-6 6-4 64 6-4

Djokovic Finds A Means Previous De Minaur

Novak Djokovic overcame a rocky begin in his fourth spherical, battling previous eleventh seed Alex de Minaur 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to safe his sixteenth quarter-final look at SW19.

De Minaur made a blazing begin, however he couldn’t capitalise, and because the match wore on he turned meeker as Novak discovered his stride.

The Aussie dominated the primary set however missed breakpoint possibilities at 4-5 within the second, the place Djokovic’s essential maintain shifted the momentum.

From there, Novak discovered his trademark management from the baseline, shifting De Minaur side-to-side earlier than staging a shocking comeback from 1-4 down within the fourth to advance. Spectacular, however I believed De Minaur went out with a whimper moderately than a bang.

Djokovic faces twenty second seed Flavio Cobolli subsequent, who outlasted Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(3) for his first Wimbledon quarter-final.

I’m nonetheless attempting to course of the entire match and what occurred on court docket. It wasn’t an important begin for me, it was an important begin for him. He broke my serve thrice within the first set. Very windy, swirly circumstances on the court docket. He was simply managing higher with the play from the again of the court docket. I didn’t have many options however I managed to reset myself. It was sort of a tricky recreation to shut out the second set. Maybe that was a momentum shift the place I simply felt like ‘OK, I’m again within the recreation’. It was loads of cat-and-mouse play, loads of slices and he’s so good at it. He is among the quickest gamers now we have on the Tour and on grass the place the ball bounces so low, this can be very tough to play somebody like him if you’re not feeling the ball rather well. He exposes all of your weaknesses and I used to be happy to hold in robust in the appropriate moments. It was a really tough encounter, some very difficult moments for me. Generally, I want I had a serve and volley and a pleasant contact from the gentleman who’s standing proper there, that may assist. Djokovic on his win and having Federer watching on within the stands.

Sinner In some way Makes Final Eight

Grigor Dimitrov’s harm woes continued on Monday, because the Bulgarian was pressured to retire whereas main prime seed Jannik Sinner 6-3, 7-5, 2-2 of their fourth-round conflict.

The world No. 1, Sinner, suffered a heavy fall within the opening recreation on Centre Court docket, struggling to counter Dimitrov’s versatile play by the primary two units.

Nevertheless, Dimitrov, who picked up a pectoral harm within the fourth level of the fourth recreation, halted play within the third set after two hours.

Dimitrov was fully on prime for the 2 units, utilizing his extremely efficient slice to manage the tempo of the rallies, and he had considered one of his finest serving days that I’ve seen in a very long time, averaging round 130mph and even clocking 140mph on the pace gun.

Did that further effort meet up with him? His harm got here immediately from slamming down a serve at 40-0 within the third. He gained the following level, however you may see from the betting exercise earlier than his serving at 40-15 that individuals noticed the potential harm as some huge cash got here in for Sinner. Maybe the roof closing (prematurely in most individuals’s minds) additionally performed a task, because it meant there was a 15-minute break in play.

So a really crap end after two imposing units, and Sinner can depend himself very fortunate to be nonetheless within the match.

Nevertheless, conditioning is a part of the game, and Grigor has now retired from 5 consecutive Grand Slams. That’s an unenviable report.

After retiring on the French Open, he arrange a coaching camp in London 5 weeks earlier than Wimbledon, and he claimed within the press that he was feeling pain-free as a result of a brand new method of fewer apply classes, extra relaxation, and a strict give attention to harm prevention. Nevertheless, it’s the identical previous story, albeit a extra uncommon harm.

Sinner now faces tenth seed Ben Shelton, who battled previous Lorenzo Sonego 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(1), 7-5 earlier within the day.

I don’t know what’s what to say as a result of, he’s an unbelievable participant. I believe all of us noticed this todau. He’s been so unfortunate previously, you realize, couple of years. An unbelievable an unbelievable participant, good good friend of mine additionally, and and we perceive one another very nicely, off the court docket too. And, you realize, seeing him on this place, it’s truthfully, you realize, if there can be an opportunity, you realize, that he might play, you realize, the following spherical, you realize, he would should. And, however now, largely, I hope he has a speedy restoration. You understand, very very unfortunate from from his facet. I don’t take this as a win in any respect. You understand, that is simply, a really unlucky second to to witness for all of us and and yeah, he struggled loads with with accidents and seeing him now once more having this this type of accidents could be very, very robust. And and all of us noticed this, you realize, together with his response, how how a lot he cares concerning the sport. He is among the most hardworking gamers on tour and, yeah, it’s very unlucky. Thanks for coming, however this isn’t the tip we wished to see and it’s very unhappy and, yeah. We all of us want him solely the perfect. Let’s give all, an applause for him and and his crew. Sinner on Dimitrov;s retirement.

Different Spherical 4 Matches

Ben Shelton def. Lorenzo Sonego 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(1), 7-5

Ben Shelton powered into his first Wimbledon quarter-final on Monday, overcoming Lorenzo Sonego 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(1), 7-5 on No. 1 Court docket.

I hadn’t realised, however Sonego has now misplaced to Shelton at each Grand Slam thus far in 2024. This time, he struck first, breaking Shelton with aggressive baseline play in a 35-minute opening set, however the American overcame a shaky begin and Sonego’s dogged resistance to return by in 3 hours and 4 minutes.

Sonego arrived battle-worn after a 5-hour, 4-minute third-round epic towards Brandon Nakashima, however he began brightly, albeit slowly, utilizing deliberate ball-bouncing techniques that unsettled Shelton, who additionally drew an umpire’s warning for delaying his receiving stance.

Shelton, nevertheless, roared again, discovering his rhythm within the second set. He crushed Sonego with blistering serves and forehands, breaking twice in a 30-minute rout to degree the match.

Within the third, Sonego’s resilience pressured the set to a tiebreak, however Shelton dominated 7-1. Though the fourth set was additionally shut, Shelton secured his spot within the final eight by breaking serve when main 6-5.

Each these guys play some enjoyable tennis, and Sonego all the time brings some motion to proceedings, however I want he didn’t need to take so lengthy on serve. We noticed the identical with Cilic and Djokovic, as all of them bounce the ball excessively earlier than beginning their service movement.

Flavio Cobolli def. Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(3)

Flavio Cobolli progressed to his first Wimbledon quarter-final, defeating former finalist Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(3) in a 3-hour, 27-minute conflict on No. 2 Court docket.

Cobolli wasn’t somebody I anticipated to do nicely on grass, however he performed tidily in Halle, and he’s produced the products at SW19, exhibiting nice athleticism in his matches, and he’s acquired that relentless baseline fashion.

Cobolli seized management early, breaking Cilic with sharp groundstrokes in a 40-minute set as his energetic fashion saved the veteran off stability.

Sustaining his momentum, Cobolli broke Cilic once more, mixing strong baseline exchanges with deft volleys to say the set.

Cilic, maybe a bit hampered by fatigue as he alluded to in his press convention (he didn’t benefit from the morning begin time), struggled to search out his rhythm, permitting Cobolli to dictate rallies and lengthen his result in 2-0.

Cilic is aware of his manner across the court docket, although, and whereas it will have been straightforward to roll over, his highly effective serve and baseline aggression clicked within the fourth, edging out the Italian in a decent breaker to increase the match and be the primary blemish on Cobolli’s excellent set report at Wimbledon 2025.

The fourth set was a battle, with Cilic breaking for a 4-3 lead, elevating hopes of a decider, however Cobolli broke again instantly with a scorching backhand winner, pushing the set to a tiebreak, the place his cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof sort play allowed him to seal it.