Novak Djokovic is through to the last four at Wimbledon after his quarter-final opponent Alex De Minaur was forced to withdraw from the tournament ahead of their match on Wednesday with a hip injury. (More Tennis News)
Seven-time Wimbledon winner Djokovic had been due🐠 to face ninth seed De Minaur on Centre Court.
But the Australian will be unable to play, meaning sಌecond seed Djokovic progresses to the semi-finals where he will take on either Lorenzo Musetti or Taylor🐼 Fritz.
Daniil Medvedev and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will contest the other semi on Friday.
De Minaur had beaten Art🎃hur Fils in four sets to book his last-eight clash with Djokovic, producing a strong tournament after also reaching the quarters🌜 at the French Open.
But that Fils win also saw him sustain an injury problem which the 25-year-old has been unable to recover🦂 from i꧃n time.
"💫Obviously not an anno🐼uncement I wanted to make by any means," read a statement from De Minaur.
"I am devastated to pull out due to a hip injury, a little tear of the fi🤡br🍸e cartilage that kind of is at the end of or connects to the adductor.
"I felt a loud crack during the last three points of my match a⛎gainst Fils and got a scan [on Tuesday] and it confirmed that this was the injury and with a high risk of making it worse if I was to step on court."
The development means the match between Musetti and Fritz on Court One is the only men's singl💟es contest that will take place on Wednesday.
