Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances to Wimbledon quarterfinals, to face Djokovic
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WIMBLEDON – Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime defeated Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Sunday.
The Montreal native had 27 aces to just four double faults in the men’s singles tennis match, but only converted on four of his 16 break-point chances.
The third-seeded Auger-Aliassime was ahead 4-2 in the fourth set before squandering the lead and being pushed to a fifth set by the 22nd-seeded Spaniard.
Auger-Aliassime will next face seventh-seeded Novak Djokovic, who defeated Roman Safiullin for a record 106th career victory at Wimbledon, on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime is 1-1 against Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion.
Earlier in round of 16 mixed doubles action, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and Joe Salisbury of the United Kingdom, defeated Ben Jones and Maia Lumsden of the U.K. 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Evan King of the United States, lost 6-4, 5-7, 3-6 to Croatia’s Mate Pavic and Hungary’s Fanny Stollar.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 5, 2026.
Note to readers:Corrects the final graf to reflect that Dabrowski and her partner LOST to Pavic and Stollar. An earlier story said Dabrowski and King won the match.