Novak Djokovic continued his good document at Wimbledon on Friday when he moved previous Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (5) to succeed in the final 16 in London.
The second seed dictated play within the match. He broke his opponent’s serve as soon as within the first set and thrice within the second, and went on to win the third set tie-break.
“I’ve to say that it’s wonderful what Stan is doing. Nonetheless his age, after a number of surgical procedures. We’re two previous guys combating with the younger weapons, I believe it’s essential to acknowledge that,” Djokovic stated in his on-court interview. “It’s wonderful. It’s inspiring. Like Andy Murray, he was pressured to drop within the rankings within the final couple of years and is attempting to construct his rating. We’ve had some wonderful battles on the most important courts within the sport. I respect Stan lots as a participant. He’s a particularly good man. So I want him all the most effective for the for the remainder of the season.”
“He was two factors away from extending this match to a different day. Coming into the court docket, we knew that it was going to be actually tight to complete the match right this moment,” Novak added. “One in all us needed to win in straight units and it seemed very, superb for me the primary two units. Then he raised his degree, I dropped mine a bit bit. And yeah, the gang received concerned. It was a superb environment. And hopefully you guys loved it.”
Match statistics: aces (11-6), double faults (1-0), winners (38-12), unforced errors (26-19), whole factors received (96-70).
Along with his two-hour, six-minute win, Novak set a fourth-round conflict in opposition to seventeenth seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland (H2H document 5-0), who defeated 14th seed Lorenzo Musetti 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4 earlier within the day.
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