Stunning comeback! | Alex de Minaur vs Novak Djokovic | Highlights | Wimbledon 2025 - video Dailymotion

Stunning comeback! | Alex de Minaur vs Novak Djokovic | Highlights | Wimbledon 2025

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00:00Novak Djokovic was relieved to break the curse of playing in front of former rival Roger Federer

00:04as he battled back to overcome an inspired Alex de Minoar and reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

00:10With men's record eight-time winner Federer watching on from the royal box,

00:14Serbius Djokovic lost an error-strewn opener and had to fight back from 4-1 down in the fourth set

00:19to win 1-6-6-4-6-4-6-4. But, after enduring an uncomfortable three hours and 18 minutes on

00:26center court against Australian 11th seed de Minoar, the 38-year-old is now within three wins

00:31of another piece of history. Seven-time champion Djokovic said of playing in front of Federer,

00:36This is probably the first time he is watching me and I have won the match.

00:41The last couple of times I lost, so it's good to break the curse.

00:45Roger is a huge champion and someone I admired and respected a lot.

00:50We shared the stage for many years and it is great to have him back at his most successful

00:54and favorite tournament. In addition to chasing Federer's Wimbledon record,

00:58Djokovic is attempting to win a standalone record 25th Grand Slam title.

01:03He will face Italian 22nd seed Flavio Caballi for a semi-final place,

01:08with world number one Jannik Sinner potentially waiting in the last four.