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Australian Ken Rosewall: Novak Djokovic dug deep to reach his 55th Grand Slam semi-final and eighth in a row at Wimbledon after winning the longest quarter-final of all time at The Championships.

Djokovic returned to the Wimbledon semifinals for a record-extending 15th time on Tuesday, when he survived a major test from Felix Auger-Aliassime to earn a dramatic 7-6(10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(10-4) victory in five-hour-and-15-minute .

Djokovic reached his 15th Wimbledon semi-final 19 years after his first. At 39 years and 51 days, he also becomes the second-oldest player in the Open era to reach the last four after Australian Ken Rosewall, who was 39 years and 246 days at The Championships final in 1974.