Canada's Auger-Aliassime loses 5-set marathon to Djokovic at Wimbledon quarterfinals

A valiant effort from Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime wasn't enough to get him into the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time.

Auger-Aliassime fell 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) in a match that took five hours 15 minutes to complete.

Auger-Aliassime, the third seed from Montreal, had 29 aces and won 80 per cent of first serve points.

However, he hit into 61 unforced errors, compared to 47 for seventh-seeded Djokovic.

Both players were broken just twice in the match, though Djokovic had 13 break point chances compared to four for Auger-Aliassime.

Auger-Aliassime advances to face Djokovic in Wimbledon quarterfinals

Djokovic increased his Wimbledon men's singles win record with his 107th match victory at the All England Club. He passed Roger Federer's mark with a win Sunday in the round of 16.

"It was really anybody's game in the super tiebreak in the fifth," said the 39-year-old Djokovic, who will face a tough semifinal opponent as he seeks to equal Federer's record of eight Wimbledon men's titles. He next meets top seed and defending champion Jannik Sinner, who had an easier route to the final four with a three-set win over Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff earlier Tuesday.

"We know, because we've seen him so much, but it's so impressive that he does it time and time again," Auger-Aliassime said after the tough match.

Auger-Aliassime equalled his previous best performance at Wimbledon when he advanced to the 2021 quarterfinals before losing to Matteo Berrettini.

But he has largely struggled at the grass-court Grand Slam, entering this year's tournament with a 7-6 all-time record.

Auger-Aliassime entered the tournament with a career-high world ranking of No. 4, but might not leave London with it. Djokovic,