Alert – Wimbledon: Sinner reaches last eight

Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, moved into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon when Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 19 seed, retired at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday evening.

Sinner, ranked No 1, led 3-6, 5-7, 2-2 when Dimitrov, ranked No 21, pulled out on Monday evening at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.

The Italian will play American Ben Shelton, the No 10 seed, next.

Jannik Sinner won against Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero (6-1, 6-3, 6-1), Australian Aleksandar Vukic (6-1, 6-1, 6-3) and Luca Nardi (6-4, 6-3, 6-0) in the previous rounds of The Championships.

Earlier in the tournament, the 34-year-old Bulgarian beat Austrian Sebastian Ofner (6-3, 6-4, 7-6), Frenchman Corentin Moutet (7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5) and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (6-2, 6-3, 6-4).

London (Grand Slam), other last 16 results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):

• Ben Shelton beat Lorenzo Sonego: 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Novak Djokovic (6) beat Alex De Minaur (11): 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli (22) beat Marin Cilic: 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3)
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Andrey Rublev (14): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Cameron Norrie beat Nicolas Jarry (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Taylor Fritz (5) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-1, 3-0 ret.
• Karen Khachanov (17) beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-4, 6-2, 6-3