Wimbledon 2015: News and Notes Ahead of Men’s Quarterfinals

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Published: July 7, 2015

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The 2015 Wimbledon men's quarterfinals are set to begin on Wednesday morning with each of the top four seeds—No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 2 Roger Federer, No. 3 Andy Murray and No. 4 Stan Wawrinka—hoping to advance to the semifinals. 

Djokovic takes on No. 9 Marin Cilic at 8 a.m. ET on Centre Court, Federer will match up against No. 12 Gilles Simon at 8 a.m. ET on Court 1, Murray faces Vasek Pospisil at 10:30 a.m. ET on Centre Court and Wawrinka goes up against No. 21 Richard Gasquet at 10:30 a.m. ET on Court 1.

It will be interesting to see if any of the high seeds suffer an upset defeat in what should be an action-packed morning of matches.



After finding himself in some early trouble in the fourth round, dropping the first two sets to Kevin Anderson, Djokovic gathered himself to come back and win the match. Cilic, meanwhile, defeated American Denis Kudla in four sets. 

The results in those fourth-round matches set the stage for what will be the 13th time Djocovic and Cilic meet head-to-head.

Cilic better hope Wednesday's matchup goes differently than the first 12:



Adjusting his approach to counter Djokovic's style of play helped Cilic get ahead on him in last year's tournament.

Cilic said he needs to do that for the duration of the match this time around, according to AllSports.com.gh:

In the game where Novak is playing at the speed that he's playing, of course, that's the speed that he's going to be better at, so I'm going to have to be more aggressive to play more risky tennis. Of course that leaves less margin for error, but that's the way I was playing last year. I think this would be the best opportunity for me to play full on.

Despite making things interesting a year ago, Cilic won't be able to effectively sustain that strategy for the entirety of Wednesday's match, and Djokovic will continue his pursuit o...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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