Novak Djokovic became the third player in the history of Wimbledon to reach 100 victories, after Martina Navratilova and Roger Federer. This morning, he had just defeated his compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic with a score of 6-3, 6-0, 6-4.
The Kecmanovic victory was the best performance from the beginning of Djokovic's tournament. According to statistics, he only made 8 errors of self-broken in the first two sets, launched 60 winner, 16 ACE and just let the opponent make himself “hard” a bit when shortening the score in the last set from 1-5 to 4-5.
The biggest highlight is in the 8th game of the first set, when Djokovic has a spectacular saving person and a left -hand volley to score right on the net. This ball makes Kecmanovic only standing to look at the ball into the corner of the yard. Meanwhile, Nole lies on the field, smiling and receiving the applause from the audience before winning the break decided.
With the 17th participation in the fourth round of Wimbledon, Djokovic is only 1 time behind Federer's record (Swiss legend has entered the round 4 to 18 times in his career). Nole's next opponent Alex De Minaur, who missed the Wimbledon quarter -finals last year because of injury. This year, the Australian tennis player surpassed August Holmmren with a score of 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the third round.
Sharing after the Kecmanovic victory, Djokovic said: “Playing a friend has never been easy. Miomir is a great guy, I have known him for many years. We have encountered each other on many pitches. Not just rivals on the pitch, we are teammates, friends.”
Nole shared about the 100 victory milestone: “Wimbledon is a favorite tournament, is the dream of not only me but maybe most of the players. When we were young, most of us dreamed of playing and winning here. I was really lucky to do it many times.
