Djokovic made it to the round of 16 with some difficulty

Despite some difficulty, the 34-year-old Serb won in the third round on Friday 6:4, 6:3, 7:6 (9:7) against qualifier Denis Kudla, who had previously eliminated Andreas Seppi. The next opponent of the tournament favorite is the Chilean Cristian Garín, seeded at number 17. Djokovic is aiming for his 20th title at a Grand Slam tournament in London. This would bring him level with record winners Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

As another of the remaining top players in the Wimbledon field, number two seed Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus has also reached the round of 23. The 6-year-old number four in the world gave the Colombian Maria Camila Osorio Serrano no chance and won 0:6, 3:XNUMX.

Last year's French Open winner Iga Swiatek from Poland and former world number one Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic also won in the third round. Swiatek needed just 55 minutes for her 6-1, 6-0 win over Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu. The 20-year-old will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur in the round of 16. Pliskova, on the other hand, was safe with a 6:3, 6:3 win over her compatriot Tereza Martincova.

In the men's category, number 5 seeded Russian Andrey Rublev struggled against Italian Fabio Fognini 6:3, 5:7, 6:4, 6:2. However, the defeat of co-favorite Stefanos Tsitsipas was eliminated in the third round: The American Frances Tiafoe had to bow to the Russian Karen Khachanov 3:6, 4:6, 4:6.

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Djokovic made it to the round of 16 with some difficulty

For tennis world number one Novak Djokovic, everything continues to go according to plan with his move into the round of 16 at Wimbledon.

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