Djokovic

NOVAK DJOKOVIC is aiming to reach the quarter finals of Wimbledon for the 13th time in his career.

Onus on Van Rijthoven to bounce back. Wayward from the six-time Wimbledon champion though as he squanders a chance to bring up two set points. Too good from Djokovic at the moment. A winner at the net allows him to hold for 1-1. Advantage to the Dutchman. Djokovic* 6-2 4-6 1-0 Van Rijthoven Djokovic* 6-2 4-6 3-0 Van Rijthoven And again. Djokovic* 6-2 4-6 5-0 Van Rijthoven Now do it again. Djokovic* 6-2 4-6 6-1 2-0 Van Rijthoven Djokovic* 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2 Van Rijthoven - MATCH

Whoever makes it through this evening will have a tough test on their hands in the quarter-finals, with Jannik Sinner facing the winner it what will be a hugely ...

Deuce. That’s out though from Van Rijthoven, third set point coming up. Djokovic leads two sets to one! And Djokovic moves a break up in the fourth set! Net cord pops the ball up perfectly for Van Rijthoven to put the ball away - he sends a forehand halfway up the net from a few feet away. Djokovic flicks it crosscourt, Van Rijthoven can’t make the volley into the empty court. Still not enough, Van Rijthoven with the put-away at the net. Looked to have done enough with the forehand, but Djokovic somehow stretched to make him hit an overheard. Rare missed return from Djokovic - lands just beyond the baseline. Again there’s not enough patience from Van Rijthoven - got bored of the slice battle and then slaps a forehand long. Sublime from Djokovic, drop shot is just too good and Van Rijthoven can’t chase it down. Van Rijthoven is making his Grand Slam debut and has made an immediate impact, knocking out seeds Nikoloz Basilashvili and Reilly Opelka to reach this stage. Sensational from the top seed and he marches on.

Novak Djokovic extends his Wimbledon win streak to 25 matches to reach the quarter-finals. © Ryan Pierse/Getty Imahes. ATP Staff Jul 03, 2022.

"I lost the rhythm on my serve a little bit towards the end of the match, but overall just a good fight and really challenging match for me on grass." "He's maturing a lot on the big stage. Attacking the Dutchman's backhand corner, Djokovic secured an instant break in the fourth set to quell any thoughts of a turnaround. He made just two unforced errors in the third set as he found his groove on return, eliminating the free points that served to boost van Rijthoven's confidence in the early stages. I got into his service rhythm, started reading his serve better in the third and fourth sets." He ended the perfect 8-0 grass season of Dutch wild card Tim van Rijthoven with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory on Centre Court to bring the Dutchman's dream Grand Slam debut to a close.

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He said: “The knee has been rough on me.” But she broke Ostapenko again and then converted her second match point when the Latvian sent a service return wide. Tiafoe called for a physio after winning the third set and was given a pill, then quickly went down 5-1 in the fourth as his first-serve percentage dipped. The Belgian won 7-6 (3), 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 on No. 2 Court in a tight contest that lasted 4 hours, 36 minutes. ___ ___ The 10th-seeded Sinner had three more match points at 5-2 in the fourth but the No. 5-seeded Alcaraz saved them all before holding serve. ___ ___ ___ Things got testy during the match — and there was more dislike for each other expressed during their news conferences. ___

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His pursuit of a fourth consecutive, and seventh overall, title at Wimbledon, not to mention a 21st major championship, will continue Tuesday against No. 10 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy. “It took me a little bit of time to get used to his pace.” Didn't matter that the spectators, who love an underdog, were getting louder and louder as the second set came to a close. Soon enough, the third set was his, and not much later, so was the fourth, and the match, a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 result that gave the tournament's No. 1 seed a 25th consecutive grass-court victory at the All England Club and a place in his 13th Wimbledon quarterfinal. Didn't matter that van Rijthoven kept cranking out huge serves, to the tune of 20 aces, including a pair on second serves. Didn't matter just how big the cuts were that van Rijthoven took with his forehands. He had all the answers.” Jabeur made it to the quarterfinals at the All England Club for the second year in a row with a 7-6 (9), 6-4 victory against No. 24 Elise Mertens of Belgium. The other women moving on Sunday are unseeded and in unfamiliar territory, never having been in any major quarterfinal. Didn't matter that Djokovic stumbled behind what he called a "slippery" baseline twice, landing first on his backside, later on his left knee and stomach. Glad I did.” “It's never really pleasant if you can't finish the match in the same day. All of nine minutes later, the time it took Djokovic to grab 12 of the next 15 points, and the next three games, both plausibility and possibility took a hike.

Nothing could throw Jannik Sinner off course on Sunday as he zoned in on securing a blockbuster quarter-final date with six-times champion Novak Djokovic at ...

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World No. 1 and reigning Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic continued his sensational tournament as he defeated Tim van Rijthoven as he looks to claim a 21st ...

He held his serve for successive games to make it 3-2 in favour of Djokovic, but the World No. 1 then kicked it up a gear to close out the set 6-2. The dream second set for Van Rijthoven felt like a far cry as Djokovic began to find his groove. After Djokovic held serve, Van Rijthoven struggled to convert chances in an epic 10th game but he finally secured the game win to take the second set 6-4. The crowd then decided to get behind the underdog on Centre Court, and the two men held serve well as Van Rijthoven crucially found his rhythm. The two then exchanged games before Djokovic sensationally closed out the set 6-2 thanks to a stunning lob amid some sensational serving by the Dutchman. He broke six-time champion Djokovic's serve after an epic second-set rally on his way to levelling the match at one set apiece.

Play did not start for the day on Centre Court until 2.24pm, due to a centenary celebration.

Djokovic’s vice-like grip tightened on Van Rijthoven and with the clock ticking towards the 11pm curfew, the Serbian raced to close out the victory. He raced into a 5-0 lead in the third after breaking again with a couple of sublime lobs and defensive plays, always forcing Van Rijthoven to play the extra shot. Van Rijthoven, firing for the lines, continued to make errors on the backhand side and it allowed Djokovic to play a more conservative game. In serving it out, Van Rijthoven endured multiple break points but was helped by a rising number of aces and a further bullet sealed a remarkable set against the 20-time grand slam champion. For a moment it looked as if the six-time Wimbledon champion would be the latest to be swept aside by his wave but Djokovic backed down on his relentless grit to take a 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-2 win in over two and a half hours. After testing Djokovic with a dipping forehand on the run at 4-2, on break point his one-handed backhand broke down and consecutive misses saw Djokovic emerge unscatched.

Novak Djokovic first stepped on to Centre Court at 1.45pm and did not finish his fourth-round match against Tim van Rijthoven until almost 11 o'clock at ...

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Novak Djokovic stayed on course for his seventh Wimbledon crown after being given a stern test of his title credentials by Dutch dark horse Tim van ...

But I would say I'm going to be a great player here." Just to be now in the quarters, it's something very special for me. Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android I don't know in the future what's going to happen. Now I'm thinking that I could be a great player on grass. Thank you Billie Jean for staying, I know it's been a long day," he said.

The defending champion admits it would have been 'unpleasant' to return on Monday to finish off his fourth-round match against Tim van Rijthoven.

However, he did find a way to break Djokovic in the seventh game of the second set, hitting what John McEnroe called on commentary “seven perfect shots” to secure it with a smash. From that point on though, Djokovic was ruthless. Then he beat Taylor Fritz, Felix Auger-Aliassime and finally Daniil Medvedev, moved up 100 places in the rankings and was handed a Wimbledon wildcard.

Jule Niemeier is into the quarterfinals in her first Wimbledon appearance after denying British veteran Heather Watson a spot in the last eight.

___ The traditional day of rest on the middle Sunday at the All England Club is no more. ___ ___ ___ He said: “The knee has been rough on me.” ___ She will face Jule Niemeier. Ostapenko reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2018. But she broke Ostapenko again and then converted her second match point when the Latvian sent a service return wide. ___ Maria’s previous best result at a Grand Slam was reaching the third round at Wimbledon in 2015.

Djokovic needed four sets to break the tournament wildcard's eight-match win streak and set up a clash with Jannik Sinner.

Djokovic’s vice-like grip tightened on Van Rijthoven and with the clock ticking towards the 11pm curfew, the Serbian raced to close out the victory. He raced into a 5-0 lead in the third after breaking again with a couple of sublime lobs and defensive plays, always forcing Van Rijthoven to play the extra shot. Van Rijthoven, firing for the lines, continued to make errors on the backhand side and it allowed Djokovic to play a more conservative game. In serving it out, Van Rijthoven endured multiple break points but was helped by a rising number of aces and a further bullet sealed a remarkable set against the 20-time grand slam champion. For a moment it looked as if the six-time Wimbledon champion would be the latest to be swept aside by his wave but Djokovic backed down on his relentless grit to take a 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-2 win in over two and a half hours. After testing Djokovic with a dipping forehand on the run at 4-2, on break point his one-handed backhand broke down and consecutive misses saw Djokovic emerge unscatched.

Italian won 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3 to stun his teenage opponent in a match between the two youngest players left in the men's draw.

Alcaraz saved five match points on his own serve at 2-5, but could do nothing about the sixth, as Sinner thrashed a final winner. A Sinner forehand went long – and they went to a fourth set. A rocket of a return that painted the baseline earned Sinner a break at the start of the second, but Alcaraz finally found some rhythm. Just as Alcaraz looked to be getting on top, Sinner broke for 3-1 and held nervously from 0-40 for 4-1. His first ace of nine on Sunday was his 43rd for the tournament and he has been banging them down at up to 135mph. While both were as green as the grass – six matches on the surface for Alcaraz, eight for Sinner – the Spaniard’s bigger game looked suited to it.

Tim van Rijthoven was upbeat after making his Centre Court debut in his first Wimbledon appearance and left Novak Djokovic impressed.

Van Rijthoven was just 1-2 at tour-level entering June, when he shocked Daniil Medvedev, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz to win the 's-Hertogenbosch title in his second ATP Tour main-draw appearance. "I grew in the match, started to play better," van Rijthoven continued. Wimbledon debutant Tim van Rijthoven has been the breakout star of the ATP Tour's grass-court season behind victories in his first eight tour-level matches on the surface.

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I think it would be quite helpful to finish matches maybe not using the roof.' I think it was necessary to celebrate the hundred years of Centre Court. For me it was an honour. There have been private gripes throughout the first week about the late start and the associated consequence of matches finishing under the roof. 'Also the time between the matches, you almost certainly, if you're scheduled last on the Centre, you're going to end up a match under the roof, which changes the conditions, the style of play, the way you move on the court. 'But he has told me there's some talks about eventually approaching this issue a bit differently. I don't know whether he has heard it from them.

Novak Djokovic won through to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon by beating Tim van Rijthoven on Centre Court on Sunday, in a match that didn't finish until ...

Djokovic immediately seized back the initiative though, breaking twice in the next set to take it 6-1, and was equally dominant in the fourth as he broke two more times en route to taking it 6-2. To compound matters, winning players are now subjected to live BBC interviews on court before heading back to the dressing room, and there is a customary 20-minute break between matches. The roof on Centre Court was initially installed to protect matches from being rained off, but is now also utilised to combat fading light.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic continues his pursuit of a seventh Wimbledon title as he beats Tim van Rijthoven to reach the quarter-finals.

But that was to be as good as it got for the wildcard. A double break helped Djokovic to a 5-0 lead in the third set before he clinched his fourth set point to retake control. A double fault on his first set point threatened to cost him - but Djokovic took a fall as he chased down a shot on his second of four break points in an epic conclusion to the set. Having missed three break points of his own in losing the first set, Van Rijthoven steadily grew into his first outing on Wimbledon's famous stage and sent the crowd into raptures as he followed up a couple of devastating forehand winners with a smash to break the world number three in set two. But while he was unable to pull off an almighty upset, Van Rijthoven announced himself on one of the sport's grandest stages with heavy hitting and a dogged determination to claim the second set. The statistics did not offer much encouragement for the little-known 25-year-old, whose career has been stalled by debilitating injuries, as he sought to make history as the first wildcard to beat the men's top seed at a Grand Slam in the open era.

DURING the Wimbledon Centre Court Centenary celebration, Novak Djokovic shed some light on a conversation he had with six-time champion Billie Jean King.

I have had some previous experience of playing a match over two days under the roof against [Rafa] Nadal a couple of years back and it wasn't fun, so I am glad I did get it done and now I am just looking forward to the next challenge." "It took me a little bit of time to get used to his pace and the conditions under the roof, but overall I closed out the match well. In the process, Djokovic set up a mouth-watering clash with Jannik Sinner, who knocked out teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz. "He was a very tough opponent," said Djokovic of his Dutch opponent sealing victory.

The reigning champion's fourth-round match against Tim van Rijthoven on Centre Court on Sunday began at 8pm and finished just before 11pm.

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“Also, the time between the matches, you almost certainly – if you’re scheduled last on the Centre – you’re going to end up a match under the roof, which changes the conditions, the style of play, the way you move on the court. The BBC has previously been reported to have paid £60m a year for the rights. Murray has also complained about the scheduling after his match against Australia’s James Duckworth was interrupted for 10 minutes as the roof closed. You cool off a little bit, as well. “I wish there was a way of finishing the matches outdoors more often because it’s tricky stopping for 10, 12 minutes in the middle of a match at important stages. I prefer playing outdoors when we can,” Murray said after his four-set victory.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC's seven-year-old son has been joining him on the Wimbledon practice courts.

“Of course I will support him in any possible way I can so that he can be professional tennis player if he intends to, if he really wants to,” Djokovic said. We're talking.” And the seven-year-old’s newfound love for tennis was so deep that it seemed he couldn’t stop asking his dad questions. I'm trying to teach him to finish the hand here, the swing, over the shoulder.” “I try to use every available opportunity, possibility, time to play with him because he's right now fully immersed into tennis. The reigning Wimbledon champion’s seven-year-old son is “in love” with tennis and has already won a children’s tournament this year. The world No 3 has now revealed that his son’s choice of technique was intentional.

The defending champion was pictured playing with Stefan ahead of his quarter-final match.

“Of course I will support him in any possible way I can so that he can be (a) professional tennis player if he intends to, if he really wants to. “He’s in love with tennis right now,” the 35-year-old continued. “We have this kind of funny moments on the court,” he later added. “I don’t like children very early just doing only one sport. But it’s too early to speak about it, to be honest. He likes to do that.