Kokkinakis

Novak Djokovic dismantled Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the third round at Wimbledon.

He faced a break point after a double-fault in the final game, but three excellent first serves helped him to close out the match. A better service game to open the second set was followed by another break in his next, with Djokovic walloping back another booming first serve to set up an easy volley. The No 23 seed, who is in Cameron Norrie’s quarter, will now face Alexander Bublik for a place in the last 16. The best rally of the match saw the ball skimming the net time and again before a lob from Djokovic left his opponent stranded, setting up a break-point which was converted after another miraculous return. He saved one break point with an ace and thumped down serves at 129mph and then 130mph immediately afterwards, but brilliant returns got both into play and Djokovic went on to take the points and the game for a 5-1 lead. To stand any chance against the No 1 seed Kokkinakis needed to get his big first serve up and running from the start.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon third round for the 16th time with another clinical display.

“I don’t see the medical logic behind it, that Tennys can play because he is a citizen of the USA and I cannot. Maybe there is a political logic behind it – not medical – but I would rather not get into that and you can understand why.” The six-time Grand Slam title winner coached Djokovic for three years until the end of 2016. What he said makes total sense — if unvaccinated players are not allowed to compete at the US Open, then it should be the case for everyone. Even if I get in, they would see me on TV playing tennis and pick me up. I got chopped today,” said the 26-year-old Aussie after his Centre Court torment.