It’s been 22 years since a player outside the top 100 beat the No. 1-ranked player at a major. Nick Kyrgios of Australia, ranked 144th, beat Rafael Nadal on Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships on Tuesday in Wimbledon, London. “Next time I play him on clay, we’ll see how it goes,” Kyrgios said.
It’s been 22 years since a player outside the top 100 beat the No. 1-ranked player at a major. Nick Kyrgios of Australia, ranked 144th, beat Rafael Nadal on Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships on Tuesday in Wimbledon, London. “Next time I play him on clay, we’ll see how it goes,” Kyrgios said.Ben Curtis/Associated Press

Weather: Sunny. High of 72 degrees (22 Celsius).

Men’s Fourth-Round Matches: Nick Kyrgios beat No. 2 Rafael Nadal 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3; No. 4 Roger Federer beat No. 23 Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-4, 6-4; No. 5 Stan Wawrinka beat No. 19 Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7), 6-3; No. 8 Milos Raonic beat No. 10 Kei Nishikori 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Women’s Fourth-Round Matches: No. 3 Simona Halep beat Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-0; No. 19 Sabine Lisicki beat Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; No. 9 Angelique Kerber beat No. 5 Maria Sharapova 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4.

Women’s Quarterfinals: No. 23 Lucie Safarova beat No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova, 6-3, 6-1; No. 6 Petra Kvitova def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 6-1, 7-5.

Stat of the Day: 22 – number of years since a player outside the top 100 defeated a man ranked No. 1 at a Grand Slam tournament. The 144th-ranked Kyrgios is the first to do it since No. 193 Andrei Olhovskiy beat Jim Courier in the third round at Wimbledon in 1992.

Quote of the Day: “Next time I play him on clay, we’ll see how it goes,” Kyrgios said.

On Court on Wednesday: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 26 Marin Cilic, No. 2 Andy Murray vs. No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 5 Stan Wawrinka vs. No. 4 Roger Federer, No. 8 Milos Raonic vs. Nick Kyrgios; No. 3 Simona Halep vs. No. 19 Sabine Lisicki, No. 13 Eugenie Bouchard vs. No. 9 Angelique Kerber.

Wednesday’s Forecast: Sunny, high of 73 degrees (23 Celsius).

Associated Press