Djokovic Suffers Upsets, But Wins Wimbledon, Avoids Apologies

The Serb was asked about his knee injury and avoided making excuses after losing the set at world No. 277

Serbia’s second-ranked Novak Djokovic is in the third round of Wimbledon after frustrating local guest Jacob Fearnley, ranked 277th. A seven-time champion, the Serb continues his quest to equal Roger Federer as Wimbledon’s all-time greatest winner.

Playing in front of a divided crowd, Djokovic had more difficulty than in his debut against Czech Vik Kopriva and saw Fearnley show a lot of boldness in his returns and force the serve. Thus the Serb closed the score at 6/3 6/4 5/7 7/5 after three hours.

Djokovic started with some difficulty in putting the first serve, but he counted on the nervousness of his opponent. The first half was balanced, but with experience the Serb pressed, he returns in the eighth game, made a mistake and came out ahead.

The second and third stages were characterized by balance, with Fearnly enjoying the match more and putting pressure on the second serve of the Serb, who saved the break point and got a break in the 7th game, leading 4/3. In the third set, Djokovic opened 3/2 with a break, but then made a return and was forced to the 4th stage when he made a mistake in serving for the tiebreaker.

In the fourth set, the two went serve for serve until Nole broke in the 11th game, finishing well on serve.

Djokovic gets his 342nd Slam win, which is his biggest win and falls behind his 25th title, which would isolate him as the biggest winner among men and women. He is trying for an eighth in London where he now has 94 wins in 105 matches.

Nole will face Australian Alexei Popyrin, ranked 47th.

Novak Djokovic was asked about his knee injury while on court after his win and commented: “I felt good. I felt good. I don’t want to make excuses for today’s performance. Credit to Jacob. For my part, I should have Done, things improved in the third, when I was finishing. Today in very hectic conditions… physically I felt good, I can play better and move better. Absolutely, who played his second match after meniscus surgery a little over four weeks ago.

Source: Terra

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