Djokovic equals Becker mark with Wimbledon last 16 spot

London - Defending champion Novak Djokovic went level with Boris Becker's mark of 12 appearances in the Wimbledon fourth round on Friday despite a mid-match blip.

The world number one and four-time winner defeated Poland's Hubert Hurkacz 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-4.

He will next face either Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime who, at 18, is the youngest man in the draw, or Ugo Humbert of France, the world number 66.

Djokovic is now level with Becker in third place on the all-time list for last-16 places.

Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors lead the way with 16.

Wimbledon results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Men

3rd rd

Guido Pella (ARG x26) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA x4) 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)

Milos Raonic (CAN x15) bt Reilly Opelka (USA) 7-6 (7/1), 6-2, 6-1

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x23) bt Karen Khachanov (RUS x10) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1

Benoît Paire (FRA x28) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 7-6 (7/2)

Women

3rd rd

Elina Svitolina (UKR x8) bt Maria Sakkari (GRE x31) 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 6-2

Karolina Muchova (CZE) bt Anett Kontaveit (EST x20) 7-6 (9/7), 6-3

Karolina Pliskova (CZE x3) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE x28) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

Zhang Shuai (CHN) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x14) 6-4, 6-2

Dayana Yastremska (UKR) bt Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 7-5, 6-3