EIGHT-TIME champion Roger Federer was knocked out of Wimbledon in the quarter-finals on Wednesday after being stunned by Hubert Hurkacz.
The Pole won 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final.
It is the first time 20-time major champion Federer has lost a set to love at the All England Club.
Hurkacz, the 14th seed, will play Matteo Berrettini or Felix Auger-Aliassime for a place in Sunday’s final.
“It’s super special for me,” said Hurkacz, only the second Polish man to reach the semi-finals at a Grand Slam.
“Playing here and the special things [Federer] has done here, it’s a dream come true.”
Federer, at 39 years and 337 days, had been bidding to become the oldest man to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals in the Open era.
Also on Wednesday, defending champion Novak Djokovic had too much quality for Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics as he reached the Wimbledon semi-finals with a focused display.
Djokovic, 34, was far from his best, but still won 6-3 6-4 6-4 against 29-year-old Fucsovics, who was contesting his first Grand Slam quarter-final.
The Serb will play 10th seed Denis Shapovalov on Friday after the Canadian beat Russian 25th seed Karen Khachanov.
Djokovic is now two wins from a record-equalling 20th men’s major.
After winning the Australian Open and French Open titles already this year, another triumph at the All England Club will mean he equals the tally jointly held by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Five-time champion Djokovic had dropped just one set on his way to the Wimbledon quarter-finals and never looked like losing another against world number 48 Fucsovics.
That was despite the Serb playing less cleanly and confidently than in any of his previous four wins.
Djokovic looked tense throughout a win which took two hours and 17 minutes, only lightening up after clinching victory on his first match point.
While Djokovic is an old hand at this stage of a Grand Slam, he will again face an opponent who is entering new territory.
Shapovalov reached his first major semi-final with a 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-1 6-4 victory over Khachanov.
The 22-year-old has long been one of the most exciting talents on the ATP Tour, but previously had little pedigree on the grass before this summer.
While the left-hander won the junior Wimbledon title in 2016, he had only won four tour-level matches on the surface before reaching the Queen’s semi-finals last month.
Now he has backed that run up on the most prestigious grass courts of all.
Shapovalov came through a nervy deciding set against Khachanov, unable to take any of three break points at 2-2 but finally taking the Russian’s serve for a 5-4 lead.
After starting with a nervy double fault, he composed himself to serve out the match before falling flat on his back at the baseline.
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