Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 10, 2019 Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates after winning his quarter final match against Japan's Kei Nishikori REUTERS/Tony O'Brien
LONDON (Reuters) - Highlights of the ninth day at Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Wednesday (times GMT):
1800 NADAL SETS UP SEMIS DATE WITH FEDERER
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 8, 2019 Switzerland's Roger Federer in action during his fourth round match against Italy's Matteo Berrettini REUTERS/Carl Recine
Third seed Rafa Nadal was tested in the opening set but eventually came away with a 7-5 6-2 6-2 last-eight victory over American Sam Querrery.
The Spaniard will now face Roger Federer, against whom he has a 24-15 win record, in the semi-finals.
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 10, 2019 Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut celebrates after winning his quarter final match against Argentina's Guido Pella REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge
1725 TON UP FOR FEDERER AS HE REACHES SEMIS
Eight-times champion Roger Federer won his 100th singles match at Wimbledon, fighting back from a set down to beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4.
The Swiss fired an ace on match point to clinch the contest in two hours and 36 minutes and will play the winner of the quarter-final between Rafa Nadal and Sam Querrey.
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 10, 2019 Serena Williams of the U.S. and Britain's Andy Murray during their third round doubles match against Nicole Melichar of the U.S. and Brazil's Bruno Soares REUTERS/Hannah McKay
1520 BAUTISTA AGUT ADVANCES
Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut beat Argentine Guido Pella 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-3 in a thrilling encounter that lasted just over three hours to move into his first Grand Slam semi-final where he will play top seed Novak Djokovic.
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 10, 2019 Serena Williams of the U.S. and Britain's Andy Murray during their third round doubles match against Nicole Melichar of the U.S. and Brazil's Bruno Soares REUTERS/Hannah McKay
1517 'MURRENA' OUSTED
Over on Court Two, Andy Murray and Serena Williams crashed out of the mixed doubles in the last 16 as top seeds Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar won 6-3 4-6 6-2 in 90 minutes.
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 8, 2019 Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his fourth round match against France's Ugo Humbert REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge
1410 DJOKOVIC BREEZES PAST GOFFIN
Top seed Novak Djokovic brushed aside Belgium's David Goffin 6-4 6-0 6-2 in a little less than two hours on Centre Court to seal his spot in the semi-finals.
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 10, 2019 Belgium's David Goffin in action during his quarter final match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic REUTERS/Toby Melville
The world number one Serb broke Goffin seven times in the match, winning 19 points at the net while the Belgian made 23 unforced errors.
1210 PLAY GETS UNDER WAY
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 10, 2019 Argentina's Guido Pella in action during his quarter final match against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge
The men's quarter-finals began in sunny conditions with the temperature hovering at 25 degrees Celsius with an expected high of 26C.
Top seed Serbian Novak Djokovic takes on Belgium's David Goffin on Centre Court while Argentina's Guido Pella faces Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut on Court One.
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 8, 2019 Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in action during his fourth round match against France's Benoit Paire REUTERS/Hannah McKay
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ed Osmond)
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