Dominant Djokovic marches on at Wimbledon

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Novak Djokovic is thru to the fourth spherical at Wimbledon after a straight-sets win towards Miomir Kecmanovic

Wimbledon high seed Novak Djokovic was near-faultless in his straight units win towards compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic on Middle Court docket on Friday, because the Serbian ace seems to assert what could be a seventh event win on the All-England Membership. 

Djokovic, whose final Grand Slam title got here at this venue a 12 months in the past, was nearly eerily dominant in a primary set which he gained to like in simply 24 minutes. 

Kecmanovic, who took Djokovic’s spot within the Australian Open draw after his visa woes earlier this 12 months, managed a measure of resistance within the second and third units however was in the end incapable of any important stress, dropping out 6-Zero, 6-Three, 6-Four. 

And it took Djokovic only one hour and 52 minutes to realize it.

It was the second match in a row wherein Djokovic dropped simply seven video games en path to a straight-sets win after doing the identical towards Thanasi Kokkinakis earlier this week, and the kind of efficiency which confirmed his title rivals on the summit of the seedings that he has arrived in London in scintillating kind. 

Remarkably, it was the Serb’s 24th consecutive victory on grass; a profitable streak which equals Rod Laver for third on the all-time record on that floor within the Open period, and his 330th all-time win in a Grand Slam match.

And should you needed yet another outstanding statistic, the victory was the Serb’s 35th in a row on the well-known Wimbledon Middle Court docket. 

“I began off very, very nicely with good depth and focus,” Djokovic mentioned afterwards.

“It signifies that I have been taking part in for fairly a number of years,” he joked when advised of the win being his 330th at such a excessive degree of the game.

“I am very grateful for and I really feel blessed to nonetheless be capable of compete on the highest degree.”

Djokovic will play the Netherlands’ Tim van Rijthoven within the subsequent spherical, after the Dutch wildcard entrant bested Georgian quantity 22 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili earlier on Friday to proceed his personal outstanding current kind.

Van Rijthoven has gained eight straight matches – together with a conclusive straight units win towards Russia’s Daniil Medvedev within the last of the current Libema Open.

But when the 25-year-old Dutchman can lengthen his profitable streak by only one, it might seemingly signify one of many greatest single achievements in tennis as we speak: beating Novak Djokovic on grass. 

We discover out on Sunday.