Wimbledon 2023: Novak Djokovic fights previous resurgent Jordan Thompson to e book Round 3 berth

By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: World No.2 Novak Djokovic needed to battle onerous in his Wimbledon 2023 males’s singles Round 2 match towards Australia’s Jordan Thompson. But the 22-time Grand Slam champion gained the match 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 in two hours and 28 minutes on centre court docket.

Djokovic additionally gained his 350th main match, thereby changing into solely the third after Roger Federer (369) and Serena Williams (365) to the milestone. Djokovic can be trying to equal Federer’s document of most Wimbledon slams.

Djokovic earned just one break within the first set and that turned out to be decisive within the context of the set. Thompson couldn’t break Djokovic’s serve within the second set, however didn’t concede one both. The set went right into a tie-break the place the very skilled Djokovic got here up trumps.

“I don’t really know if I wanted to meet him this early in the tournament, but congratulations to him for a great performance today. He was a bit unlucky in the second set, he had some chances, but he played a great match. He deserves a big round of applause for sure,” Djokovic was quoted as saying.

The 36-year-old Djokovic earned a break of serve within the third set to battle previous Thompson, who was not prepared to surrender. In reality, Thompson hit 43 winners, three greater than Djokovic. To make it more durable for Djokovic, he smashed as many as 21 aces. However, he made 20 unforced errors in comparison with his opponent and that ultimately led to his downfall.

Djokovic is subsequent set to lock horns with the winner of the match between Stan Wawrinka and Tomas Martin Etcheverry.