Novak Djokovic powers into third round of Wimbledon

Federer was now moving with the typical grace and agility that belie his 35 years and Lajovic was powerless against the maestro’s touch – including one particularly deft backhand drop-shot.

It was on Court 1 a year ago that Djokovic slumped to defeat by Sam Querrey, beginning the dramatic form crash in a player who’d seemed invincible.

Right after his, er, conversation with Garner, Djokovic lost a service game to trail 2-1.

When his 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 loss to Ruben Bemelmans ended, Medvedev shook hands with his opponent and Alves. But from there, Djokovic used a nine-game run to seize control and wasn’t broken again.

In their last two matches, including a French Open quarter-final in 2014, Gulbis has won a set. “I was just there supporting my wife”, said Federer. But McEnroe wasn’t overly specific about Djokovic while speaking on BBC during Wimbledon. Dimitrov hopes to make his fourth career grand slam quarterfinal and second in the Wimbledon. Tsonga served first upon resumption of the match but Querrey broke to win 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-5. How ’bout Alexander Zverev vs. Jack Sock? No. 8 Dominic Thiem.

– Ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska came back from a set down to beat 19th seed Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the third round match Centre Court. “I’ve been feeling better on the court”, said Djokovic, who will next face 51st-ranked Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, whom he beat in last year’s second round.

Federer vs Mischa is the third match on Centre Court on Saturday.

Kerber was less impressive against Flipkens despite also winning in straight sets. No. 16 Gilles Muller, No. 7 Marin Cilic vs.

Another American, five-times Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, still dealing with the aftermath of her involvement in a fatal vehicle accident, faces China’s Wang Qiang. After dropping the opening set, Kerber trailed 3-1 in the second before turning things around. Both simple, both 6-4.

“Could I win Wimbledon?”. No. 24 CoCo Vandeweghe, and Magdalena Rybarikova vs. Petra Martic. Another win would not only put Federer in a class by himself, but extend his record number of Grand Slam championships to 19.

“A player should not go on court if he knows he (can) not finish”.

Federer said he was unsure what to expect from Zverev, who has taken different approaches in their two meetings in 2017. Asked which is the main character that is common in all of the four players, the Bulgarian replied: ‘I think all four of them have a lot of kind of similarities in terms of mental aspect and the way they play the game, the way they see the game. “But most of all, there is great chemistry, great synergy, great understanding, respect for each other”.

Gulbis will face three-time champion Novak Djokovic in the third round after scoring his best result in three years. Maybe it was not the right words to say.

Gulbis’ reward, if you can call it that, is a round-three showdown with Djokovic. “It’s weird how sometimes you can be way more nervous for a second round than, say, for a finals, believe it or not”.