Wimbledon moves into its quarter-finals on Tuesday, with 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic taking on third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, while Naomi Osaka, fresh off a win over world number one Aryna Sabalenka, faces Karolina Muchova.

Djokovic's scrappy win over Roman Safiullin in the round of 16 got him the record for the most Wimbledon wins with 106 victories at the All England Club.

The 39-year-old has been dragged into four-set battles in the last two matches, and his 3-1/2 hour contest with qualifier Safiullin left Djokovic knowing he had won ugly.

"I enjoy the battle. I enjoy the suffering in a sense, to some extent, even though I don't want it, I don't invite it," Djokovic said after his win over Safiullin.

Djokovic faced third seed Auger-Aliassime twice in 2022, with each player winning once.

There were glimpses of the old Osaka in her dominant win over world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the round of 16. The Japanese 14th seed, who is making headlines with her fashion at Wimbledon, is now being regarded as one of the top picks for the title.

The 28-year-old, who last won a Grand Slam in 2021, dominated the serve and her blistering forehands defused the attack of Sabalenka, who had beaten Osaka in three earlier meetings this year.

"I thought about it as a practice match. I was just telling myself, like, there's a really big crowd for this practice match, but we're going to get through it," said Osaka after reaching the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time.

Osaka is up against a player who has now reached the quarter-finals three times, but never gone beyond that at the All England Club.

-The Strait Times