Novak Djokovic (left) and Carlos Alcaraz

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz roared into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a formidable display of firepower to down big-serving Italian dark horse Matteo Berrettini on Monday.

The Spaniard was beaten to the punch in the opening set but raised his game to claim a comfortable 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win to the delight of the Centre Court crowd.

He will now face a battle of the 20-year-old’s against Denmark’s sixth seed Holger Rune for a place in the semi-finals.

Berrettini was unseeded after an injury-plagued year but is a potent threat on grass courts having reached the final two years ago when he lost to Novak Djokovic.

He came out firing huge serves and forehands and rocked Alcaraz with a decisive service break to take the opener.

Berrettini could not maintain the intensity though and Alcaraz raised his tempo to seize control early in the second set, running his opponent ragged at times.

He broke serve in the third game of the second set on the way to levelling the match and did the same in the third set with a thumping smash as he picked up speed.

A delay to close the roof midway through the fourth set as the light faded offered Berrettini some respite but Alcaraz quickly completed the win after the resumption. Meanwhile, Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic is through to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for a 14th time after a curfew-delayed four-set win against Hubert Hurkacz.

The 36-year-old Serbian was leading Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz by two sets when play was suspended on Sunday night. Hurkacz took the third set, but Djokovic hit back to win 7-6 (7-6), 7-6 (7-6), 5-7, 6-4 and book a last-eight meeting with Russian Andrey Rublev.

Holger Rune also progressed to the quarterfinals, becoming the first Scandinavian Men’s player to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon since Robin Soderling in 2010. The 20-year-old Dane came back from a set down to defeat Grigor Dimitrov 3-6, 7-6 (7-6), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.

World No 3 Daniil Medvedev eased into his maiden Wimbledon quarter-final after Jiri Lehecka was forced to retire injured.

The 27-year-old Russian was in control on Court One and had just gone two sets ahead at 6-4, 6-2 when his Czech opponent pulled out. Unseeded American Chris Eubanks slammed 52 winners and made 56 unforced errors against Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas before reaching his maiden Grand Slam quarter-final with a stunning 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory. (