Novak Djokovic is out of Wimbledon after a shock defeat by American Sam Querrey – ending the world number one’s hopes of a calendar-year Grand Slam.<\/p>\n
Querrey, seeded 28th, completed a 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 7-6 (7-5) third-round win after rain had suspended play on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
It was the Serb’s first loss at a major since the 2015 French Open final.<\/p>\n
Djokovic had hoped to win his third straight Wimbledon title and secure the third leg of a calendar Slam.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old has already won the Australian and French Opens this year, and was also trying to become only the second man to win five successive major titles.<\/p>\n
Querrey ‘ecstatic’ with surprise win<\/strong><\/p>\n “It’s incredible, especially to do it here at Wimbledon,” said 28-year-old Querrey after ending one of the most dominant runs in tennis history.<\/p>\n “I’m so ecstatic, so happy. I played the break points well and every time he had a break point I was able to come up with a big serve.<\/p>\n “He came out and got the first four games, fortunately for me we had another rain delay and I got to regroup. I’m just taking it one round at a time, I’m not even sure who I’m playing next.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Novak Djokovic is out of Wimbledon after a shock defeat by American Sam Querrey – ending the world number one’s hopes of a calendar-year Grand Slam. Querrey, seeded 28th, completed a 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 7-6 (7-5) third-round win after rain had suspended play on Saturday evening. It was the Serb’s first loss at a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n