Pristine Djokovic storms into third spherical with Kokkinakis thrashing

Top seed Novak Djokovic as soon as once more seemed each bit the dominant participant who has received the final three Wimbledon titles as he swept apart Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 6-4 6-2 on Wednesday to energy into the third spherical of the Championships.

On Monday the 35-year-old, bidding for his fourth Wimbledon title in a row and his seventh total, had seemed scratchy throughout his opening win towards Kwon Soon-woo however he was again near lofty requirements towards the 79th-ranked Kokkinakis.

The Australian famously defeated Roger Federer within the second spherical of the Miami masters at 2018 however there have been no indicators of one other upset in the course of the contest on Centre Court because the 20-time main champion dictated phrases from the beginning.

The Serb, who defeated Kokkinakis in straight units throughout their solely earlier assembly seven years again at Roland Garros, broke his opponent’s supply early in every of the three units for a complete of 5 break of serves in the course of the contest.

Djokovic confronted a lone break level on his personal serve and closed out the victory in two hours on his second match level to arrange a third-round assembly towards both Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo or Serb compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic.