WIMBLEDON QUARTERFINALS
Djokovic quits as Murray hobbles out
London — Injuries knocked the two top seeds out of Wimbledon on Wednesday with Andy Murray losing to Sam Querrey and Novak Djokovic retiring. At the same time seven-time champion Roger Federer reached the semifinals for the 12th time with a 6-4 6-2 7-6 (7/4) win over Milos Raonic. Federer, 35, and playing in his 100th match at the All England Club, will now face 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych for a place in Sunday’s final. Murray’s Wimbledon title defence ended in a 3-6 6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 6-1 quarterfinal defeat to Querrey as the hip injury that dogged the world No1 in the tournament finally got the better of him. Later three-times Wimbledon champion Djokovic retired injured during his quarterfinal against Czech Berdych. The second seed had just lost the opening set and was down a break in the second when he walked to the net and shook Berdych’s hand, having received a medical timeout. He appeared to be struggling with an arm injury. Murray, who had only lost to Querrey once in eight prev...
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