A deluge of double faults dictated early terms before Iga Swiatek found her grasscourt wings to fly into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a soaring 6-4 6-1 victory over an out-of-sorts Danish 23rd seed Clara Tauson on Monday.

Novak Djokovic has overcame an uncharacteristically unsteady start to avoid what would have been his earliest exit at Wimbledon since 2016.

Tauson slammed down a first serve, and Elena Rybakina could only drill it into the net. Two games later, Tauson delivered another upset in a tournament full of them, knocking out one of two former champions left in the draw 7-6 (6),