Wimbledon 2024: Novak Djokovic through to semi-final after Alex de Minaur withdraws through injury

His withdrawal helps Djokovic in his bid to win an eighth title at Wimbledon and move level with Roger Federer.

He has now moved into a 13th Wimbledon semi-final – a joint Open era record with Federer.

Djokovic has looked in excellent form at SW19, despite undergoing knee surgery just three weeks before the grass-court Grand Slam.

He made light work of 15th seed Holger Rune in the quarter-finals.

In his on-court interview afterwards, he accused fans of disrespecting him, saying they used a Rune chant as “an excuse to boo”.

Wimbledon organisers have filled the slot on Centre Court with a second-round mixed doubles match featuring British duo Joe Salisbury and Heather Watson, who take on Jan Zielinski of Poland and Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei.

That will be followed by a women’s invitational doubles match, with Australia’s Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua playing Germany’s Andrea Petkovic and Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia.