Kokkinakis

Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic proved too strong for Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis in their second-round clash at Wimbledon 2022.

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Novak Djokovic produced a masterclass in grass-court tennis on Wednesday at Wimbledon, where the top seed breezed to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 second-round victory ...

Yet he held firm to hold and complete a victory that improved his ATP Head2Head series record over the Australian to 2-0. I tried to work him around the court, bring a lot of variety in the game. The six-time champion broke the Australian's serve five times on his way to a two-hour victory that extended his winning streak at SW19 to 23 matches.

The defending champion cruised into the third round with a 6-1 6-4 6-2 victory.

An indistinct punch sailed past the baseline, Kokkinakis threw his racket not out of Kyrgios’s playbook of indignation but knowing despair, and Djokovic turned the final set into a procession. That he managed to hold after eight minutes felt like a defiant victory in itself but there was little more to celebrate. He might be more machine than entertainer, but there is a certain theatre when he operates in this vein, a relentless precision that can make the ridiculous look ordinary, a conviction that affords little mercy and leaves his opponent only the consolation of a crowd’s encouragement. Made him work for every point and worked him around the court,” Djokovic said. At 5-3 and serving to stay in the set, the Australian defended three break points, taking on high-risk winners as every rally transformed into an act of survival. His return was as outrageously elastic as ever in the face of Kokkinakis’s 130mph serves, skewing backhand slices deep into the court as he raced to two early breaks.

Novak Djokovic has booked his place in round three of Wimbledon following a straightforward win over Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Hopefully I can keep that trajectory - just getting better as the tournament progresses. I tried to work him around the court, bring a lot of variety into the game. Wimbledon

Thanasi Kokkinakis may not have troubled Novak Djokovic too much on his Centre Court debut, but the Aussie tennis ace left his mark another way after making ...

Even Djokovic's box was able to share a laugh about the incident, especially as it brought up match point. Kokkinakis then scrambled to get a racket on it and sent it over directly at his opponent. Kokkinakis was always going to be up against it in his match against Djokovic, who hasn't lost at Wimbledon since 2016.