Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic dismantled Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the third round at Wimbledon.

He faced a break point after a double-fault in the final game, but three excellent first serves helped him to close out the match. A better service game to open the second set was followed by another break in his next, with Djokovic walloping back another booming first serve to set up an easy volley. The No 23 seed, who is in Cameron Norrie’s quarter, will now face Alexander Bublik for a place in the last 16. The best rally of the match saw the ball skimming the net time and again before a lob from Djokovic left his opponent stranded, setting up a break-point which was converted after another miraculous return. He saved one break point with an ace and thumped down serves at 129mph and then 130mph immediately afterwards, but brilliant returns got both into play and Djokovic went on to take the points and the game for a 5-1 lead. To stand any chance against the No 1 seed Kokkinakis needed to get his big first serve up and running from the start.

Novak Djokovic was in blistering form as he swept aside Thanasi Kokkinakis in straight sets -- 6-1 6-4 6-2 -- on Wednesday to progress into the third round ...

"She is a great player and I struggled to find a way through her today. She asked me before the tournament if we wanna play doubles and I said yes. "99% of children when they grab a racket have dreams and passion for the sport. "She just texted me this morning. Obviously, just thinking about the next challenge and hope things will get better as the tournament goes on." "I'm very happy with my performance.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic is comfortably through to the third round at Wimbledon after a straight-sets win over Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis.

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As they walked to the tunnel the impression was Kokk might have been off for a beer, the magical Djokovic to get his energy fields recharged with crystals. The first set was a whirlwind for Kokk as he adjusted to his first ever centre court outing and Djokovic was 3-0 up after 10 minutes. Becker remained high-profile following retirement through his work as a TV pundit and as a successful coach of Djokovic for three years from December 2013. With few mistakes coming from his opponent, Kokk got nothing for free as Djokovic continued to play nerveless tennis and easily secured an early service break in the third set. Not surprisingly the first set quickly went to 5-1 with Kokk misfiring and mistiming shots and clearly thinking of his strings. It breaks my heart to see what’s happening to him.” Kokk’s second serve yielded only a 33 per cent win in the match, which was as much to do with Djokovic’s stunning return capability. “I played with not too many unforced errors from back of the court. I consider Boris really a family member, someone that I greatly appreciate, respect, and care about. Djokovic trades on infallibility, with his impossible returns, his court posture, his demeanour and his 20 Grand Slam wins. By then the top seed was 4-1 up against the one-time bad boy of tennis. But the champion was unchanging.