Wimbledon, England — Novak Djokovic added one other file to his identify by successful Dan Evans 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 on Centre Court docket on Wednesday, reaching Wimbledon’s third spherical within the nineteenth spherical.
It was Djokovic’s 99th win in all the Wimbledon match, and his nineteenth three-round look made each man within the open period one forward of Roger Federer (after 1968).
For Djokovic, there are few data of essentially the most prestigious. Djokovic is essentially the most male gamers with 24 grand slam titles, together with Wimbledon’s seven. However he may no less than use it to take pleasure in his new, a lot youthful, main rival.
“Nineteenth time, that is an amazing statistic,” mentioned Djokovic, 38. “That is in all probability about the identical because the sinners and Alcarazs have of their lives for years.”
Properly, that is not the case in any respect.
Carlos Alcaraz, who defeated Djokovic within the final two Wimbledon Finals, is 22 years outdated, whereas Giannik Sinner, who performed first place on the centre courtroom, is 23 years outdated.
The rising rivalry between the sinner and Alcaraz helped tennis transfer on from the Huge Three period, particularly within the wake of the five-set remaining on the French Open final month.
However Djokovic is just too targeted on proving that he nonetheless can win one other slam and look again at all the things he has completed at Wimbledon.
“To be sincere, I will not pause to replicate. I haven’t got time,” Djokovic mentioned in an on-court interview. “I wish to, however I feel it’s going to in all probability come once I put my racket apart and take a sip of my margarita on the seashore with Federer and Nadal.
Towards Evans, Djokovic was unable to transform the primary 9 breakpoints within the first set. However after he obtained a 5-3 lead breakthrough, he lifted his arms into the air as if to say “lastly” – he ended up 5-6 at breakpoints the remainder of the way in which.
“You could have these sorts of days the place all the things goes your approach,” mentioned Djokovic, who did not face his personal breakpoint till the ultimate match. “All of it flows.”
Additionally within the males’s draw, a hundred and fifteenth place Alex de Minaur was banished by a hundred and fifteenth place Arthur Kazauks 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0, and nineteenth seed Grigor Dimitrov, who expelled Corentin Mutett 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, and 7-5.
