Wimbledon 2016: Saturday Results, Highlights, Scores, Recap from London

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Published: July 2, 2016

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Sam Querrey sent shockwaves throughout Wimbledon on Saturday by completing a stunning 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) third-round upset of men's top seed and two-time defending tournament champion Novak Djokovic.

Most of the other top players in both draws advanced without much drama. The only other notable early exit came as Ekaterina Makarova knocked out 10th-seeded Petra Kvitova, who captured the women's Wimbledon title in 2011 and 2014.

Let's check out the full set of results from Saturday's action around the All England Club, followed by a review of the day's top storylines.

 

Saturday's Singles Results

 

Day 6 Recap

Querrey won the first two sets Friday before the match was suspended as the weather woes in London continued to create scheduling havoc. When Djokovic bounced back to win the third set in routine fashion Saturday, it felt like the upset possibility was starting to slip away.

The 28-year-old American refocused in impressive fashion, though. He racked up 23 winners and 15 aces in the deciding fourth set en route to completing the shocking victory in a tiebreak. ESPN Stats & Info provided a note about the rarity of such a result by his countrymen:



Djokovic didn't look like himself for most of the match. He wasn't nearly as efficient as usual, finishing with 34 winners and 31 unforced errors while converting on just three of his 17 break-point opportunities, and he wasn't engaged as much as you'd expect late in the match.

Afterward, he refused to place the blame for the defeat on any type of physical or mental ailment, however, as Peter Bodo of ESPN.com relayed.

"I don't want to take anything out of victory from my opponent today," Djokovic said. "He played very well, and he deserved to win. I had my chances serving for the [fourth] set [at 5-4]. In the tiebreak, I was leading [3-1]. I Jus...
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