Canadian top seed Felix Auger-Aliassime is set to face seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Tuesday.
The match will take place on Centre Court at the 2026 Championships.
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Auger-Aliassime aims to reach his first semifinal at the grass-court major. He advanced by defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in a five-set fourth-round match.
This is the second time the Montreal native has reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in his career.
He entered the round of 16 without dropping a set or service game in his first three matches against Aleksandr Shevchenko, Dino Prizmic, and Michael Zheng.
The upcoming clash is the third career meeting between Auger-Aliassime and Djokovic. Their only previous tour-level encounter was on clay in Rome in 2022, which Djokovic won.
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The winner will face either world No. 1 Jannik Sinner or Jan-Lennard Struff in the semifinals.
Other Canadian players, including Denis Shapovalov, Leylah Annie Fernandez, and Bianca Andreescu, were eliminated in the opening round of the singles tournament.
Gabriel Diallo reached the second round before losing to Lorenzo Sonego.
In doubles, Fernandez advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals with partner Joe Salisbury.
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The second-seeded women's doubles duo of Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani reached the third round without dropping a set.
