Wimbledon 2017: Dominant Novak Djokovic cruises into round three

Beating Monfils and playing in the final in Turkey in the week before Wimbledon, he’s in good form. And down 1-0, 0-40, it was still there, and it was still there at 6-6 in the first set.

On Saturday, his former coach Boris Becker said he had witnessed enough in the first week of Wimbledon to confirm that the Serb has rediscovered his love of the sport. He said that McEnroe had the right to be a critic and said he doesn’t take the criticism personally.

The world number one faces France´s unseeded Benoit Paire on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals.

“I was not nervous at all for the first round, so I think in the third round I will feel better again”, Federer said.

Things looked ominous for Gulbis from the moment he netted a forehand on the first point of the tie-break, which Djokovic won 7-2.

A medical time out seemingly aided Gulbis, who opened the third set with a hold to love and then produced a big hold at 5-5, saving a break point in the process.

Novak Djokovic admitted the courts at Wimbledon are different in 2017 amid growing fears about the condition of the grass this year. “Hopefully he’s going to have not his best day, because if he has one of those days, it’s really tough to beat him”.

The past two Wimbledon women’s runners-up, No. 1-ranked Angelique Kerber and Garbine Muguruza, also will be trying to reach the second week.

“I’m frustrated because I lost and I stayed like two minutes on court today”, said Tsonga.

“I’m already enjoying the [comeback] process very much. especially in the last couple of months, Djokovic said, “Even though maybe results haven’t been up to the standard that I have had in the last seven, eight years”.

Gulbis, rated in the top 10 only three years ago, has plummeted to 589th due to a combination of fitness and commitment issues but the Latvian was able to enter the main draw at SW19 with the help of a protected ranking.

The 35-year-old Swiss is looking to become the oldest man in the professional era to win the title.

Fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki defeated Anett Kontaveit 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 while double Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova hammered Polona Hercog 6-4, 6-0. No. 13 Grigor Dimitrov, a guy nicknamed “Baby Fed” because of his similarities to the seven-time Wimbledon champion; 2016 runner-up Milos Raonic vs. No. 4 Elina Svitolina, No. 6 Johanna Konta vs.

The former No. 1 Djokovic was amped-up, yelling at the sky and the chair umpire during the contest, topping Gulbis who had previously shocked former US Open victor Juan Martin del Potro earlier in the week.

That criticism, along with the serious knee injury suffered by American Bethanie Mattek-Sands – which is thought not to have been caused by the surface – have made it a trying first week for Wimbledon chiefs.