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Wimbledon of days adding up, as I’ve row the 29-year-old Califor-

said before, it wasn’t help- nian upset the defending
Continued from Page 17 ing at all.” champion and No. 1 seed
And Querrey, an American The owner of three cham- at the All England Club. In
seeded 24th, took full ad- pionships at the All Eng- 2016, he ended Djokovic’s
vantage, hitting 27 aces land Club, and 12 major 30-match Grand Slam win-
and dominating down the trophies overall, said his ning streak by beating him
stretch to stun Murray, and elbow has been bothering in the third round.
a partisan Centre Court him for more than a year, This is Querrey’s 42nd
crowd, with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 that he opted against sur- Grand Slam tournament,
(4), 6-1, 6-1 victory, earning gery and that he will con- the most ever played by a
a spot in the initial Grand sider taking a break from man in the Open era be-
Slam semifinal of his career. the tour. fore getting to his first semi-
“I am still in a little bit of Time off has paid dividends final.
shock myself,” said Quer- for Roger Federer, who And there were moments
rey, the first U.S. man to missed the last half of 2016 along the way when Quer-
reach a major semifinal to allow his surgically re- rey himself doubted he’d
since Andy Roddick was paired left knee heal, then ever accomplish this.
the 2009 Wimbledon run- skipped the clay-court sea- “Last year definitely kind of
ner-up. son this year. He, Djokovic, gave me a new boost that
Another quarterfinal sur- Murray and Rafael Nadal I could do it. But there have
prise arrived later Wednes- combined to win the past been times in my career,”
day, taking out yet anoth- 14 Wimbledon titles, but he said, “where I definite-
er member of the sport’s only Federer now remains ly thought: If had to bet
Big 4 and owner of multiple in the field. — ‘Am I going to make a
Wimbledon titles: Novak The 35-year-old Federer, semi?’ — I probably would
Djokovic stopped playing who has won seven of have gone, ‘No.’”
because of a right elbow his record 18 Grand Slam But he’s won three straight
injury while trailing 2010 championships at the All Sam Querrey of the United States returns to Britain’s Andy Murray five-setters.
runner-up Tomas Berdych England Club, is the grass- during their Men’s Singles Quarterfinal Match on day nine at the Murray, meanwhile, has
of the Czech Republic court tournament’s oldest Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Wednesday, July been dealing with that
7-6 (2), 2-0. Djokovic’s el- semifinalist since Ken Rose- 12, 2017. Associated Press hip. Before Wimbledon, he
bow was massaged by a wall in 1974 at age 39. Fe- skipped some practice ses-
trainer during a medical derer produced a straight- Nadal in the fourth round. And Murray was fading. sions and pulled out of two
timeout after the opening forward 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (4) vic- Querrey hit 27 aces against From 1-all in the fourth, exhibition matches.
set. A day earlier, during tory over Milos Raonic, the Murray and was impec- Querrey grabbed eight His serve speeds slowed in
his fourth-round match, man who beat him in last cable for portions of the games in a row to take that the latter stages Wednes-
Djokovic also took a medi- year’s semifinals. match, finishing with 70 win- set and lead 3-0 in the last. day. His backhands didn’t
cal timeout. On Friday, Federer will face ners and only 30 unforced “I didn’t start my best, but I have their usual verve.
“It was only getting worse,” Berdych for a berth in the errors. He also managed to just kept with it. Kept swing- He couldn’t play his usual
said Djokovic, explaining final. Querrey meets 2014 move past one really bad ing away and then re- court-covering defense.
his elbow was in the most U.S. Open champion Marin mistake in the third-set tie- ally found a groove in the “I was pretty close today. It
pain when he hit serves Cilic of Croatia, who got breaker: an overhead that fourth and fifth set,” Quer- wasn’t like I was, like, a mil-
and forehands. “Unfortu- past 16th-seeded Gilles he dumped into the bot- rey said. “And everything lion miles away from win-
nately today was the worst Muller 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-5, 5-7, tom of the net. kind of seemed to be fall- ning the match,” Murray
day. Probably the fact that 6-1 with the help of 33 “He was dictating all of the ing my way then.” said. “Obviously, the end
I played yesterday, kind aces. Muller eliminated points,” Murray said. It’s the second year in a was a bit of a struggle.”q

Crosby ‘didn’t hear’ concussion

controversy during playoffs

COLE HARBOR, Nova Scotia career, including one dur- injuries is becoming avail-
(AP) — Sidney Crosby said ing Game 3 of the second able all the time.
Wednesday he did not pay round against Washing- “You have to continue to
attention to those question- ton in May. He missed one listen to your body to make
ing whether he should con- game before returning for sure before you go back
tinue playing hockey after Game 5, prompting ques- that you’re good to go,”
suffering another concus- tions about whether he he said.
sion during the playoffs. should consider retirement. “There’s things in place to
Crosby was too focused on The Penguins went on to help with that.”
capturing another Stanley win a second straight Cup, Crosby’s camp for boys
Cup for his Pittsburgh Pen- defeating the Nashville and girls age 9-12 benefits
guins to worry about out- Predators in the final. his foundation for under-
side opinions on his health. Crosby said he understands privileged kids.
“I don’t really read or listen why concussions generate Crosby stopped by the
to that stuff during the play- so much controversy. camp Wednesday to help
offs,” Crosby told reporters “It’s a hot topic,” he said. instruct some players, don-
Pittsburgh Penguins NHL hockey player Sidney Crosby laughs at his annual hockey camp “That’s the nature of it right ning a navy blue jacket
while speaking to reporters during a press conference in Hali- in his hometown. now.” and ball cap, both em-
fax, Nova Scotia, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Crosby has suffered mul- He said more information blazoned with his hockey
tiple concussions during his on how to deal with head school’s logo.q