The 20-time Grand Slam tournament winner Novak Djokovic continues to live up to his role as favorite in the grass classic in Wimbledon and has easily reached the round of 16.
The number one seeded Serb defeated his compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic 6:0, 6:3, 6:4 in 1:52 hours and now meets Tim van Rijthoven.
The 25-year-old Dutchman only came into the main draw with a wild card and prevailed in the third round against Nikolos Bassilashvili from Georgia 6:4, 6:3, 6:4. Van Rijthoven had already won the preparatory tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and is unbeaten in eight grass games.
Djokovic is aiming for his seventh Wimbledon title. He is third in the world rankings because Daniil Medvedev is missing after the exclusion of Russian tennis professionals because of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, as is the injured Alexander Zverev from Hamburg.