Subdued Djokovic eases into third round

Maria Sharapova did not have any trouble in her 6-4, 6-3 win over Irina Camelia Begu.

These two have played five times in the past, and Djokovic has won four of those meetings.

Two down, five to go.

Djokovic has yet to drop a set and has barely broken sweat in reaching the last 16, and at times in his victory over Tomic, his gymnastic defence was at its jaw-dropping and ligament-stretching best.

Murray was this year’s Aussie Open runner-up to Djokovic.

French Open champion Stan Wawrinka is also into the second round at Wimbledon.

At 37, Tommy Haas is the oldest man to win a match at the All England Club since Jimmy Connors was 38 in 1991.

He’ll next face big-serving Kevin Anderson, the 14th-seeded South African, who beat Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-3.

It’s the hottest day on record at Wimbledon, according to the Met Office.

The previous record was 34.6 C (94.3 F) in the summer of 1976.

A ball boy collapsed and was taken off for medical treatment during the match between Matthew Ebden and John Isner on court 17.

Certainly, Djokovic is feeling better. “We wish him a speedy recovery”.

“It may look like I’ve not been tested, but it’s not easy to win every set”.

That surreal moment is likely to be the most notable memory Djokovic will take away from the contest but as far as Tomic was concerned, he might as well have been playing an opponent running on three legs. This year he sent home No. 7 Milos Raonic in the third round, pulling off the 5-7, 7-5, 7-6, 6-3 upset. “I’m just trying to beat them when I play them, that’s it”.

Tomic called for trainer when he was 5-4 up in the second and appeared to have been struggling in the unusually hot conditions that have swept across London. “I was tired and starting to get dizzy out there with the heat hitting me”.

Djokovic defeated Australian Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to Monday’s fourth round.

Djokovic is no stranger to such accusations and has twice been fined at the Australian Open after his other long-term coach Marian Vajda was judged guilty of coaching during matches at Melbourne Park.

Djokovic said that British worries about temperatures were not a problem for him.

The world number one cracks will begin to show if he’s extended to four and his deep baseline ground-strokes will wear out as will his serves.

One of the rising stars in men’s tennis knocked out one of the game’s veterans.

Stomping her foot after misses, alternately screaming in delight or despair, even wagging her finger at fans who booed her, the No. 1-seeded Williams overcame a surprisingly staunch challenge from 59th-ranked Heather Watson and emerged with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory in the third round Friday.

“I have played many times against Novak”.

Court two may have a reputation for being a “graveyard of the seeds” but Sharapova made sure she would not be added to its long list of victims.

The Serbian has only lost once in the second round at SW19.

This will be the 26th all-Williams matchup, and first at a major since Serena beat Venus in the 2009 Wimbledon final.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia, right embraces Jarkko Nieminen of Finland after their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Wednesday July 1, 2015.

Wimbledon sells both headbands and armbands in its official stores at the All England Club. Fourth seed Sharapova survived the embarrassment of firing down three successive double faults to surrender her serve at 4-2 up in the first set.

Nieminen started fast, breaking serve in the opening game and going up 3-1.