In the second round of Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic routinely defeated Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis in three sets – 6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 2 after two hours and three minutes of play.
Dominantly, the best Serbian tennis player roared through the second round on the Central Court of the “All England Club”. The fact that Kokkinakis had the first break opportunity in the last game when Novak served for the match also testifies to how superior he was than his opponent! Djokovic “entered” the match much better than in the first round. He certainly served at the start, only to take the service away from Kokinakis in the next game. Then Djokovic confirmed the break with zero! The score was 3: 0 after only 15 minutes of tennis. With several aces, the Australian finally managed to “enroll” in this set. And that was roughly all we saw from him in the first set. Novak again took his serve in the sixth game and then routinely served for a big 6-1 and a 1-0 lead.
In the second set, Kokkinakis managed to win the introductory game, and was accompanied by Novak, who won the service game again without losing a point. He immediately attacked the opponent, reached an early break and continued to put pressure on the Australian, who seems to have been under the impression of playing on the Central court against a great opponent. Until the end of the second set, they both kept their serves, and the closest to the break was Djokovic in the ninth game. He had two breaks and a set of balls on Kokkinakis’ serve, but the Australian “showed his teeth” for the first time in the match, and saved them with good serves and return. In the end, he only managed to extend the set for another game. Djokovic made a job without a mistake and used the first set ball on his serve for a 2-0 lead.
As Kokkinakis was more competitive in the second part of the game, we expected a bigger fight in the third set, but it didn’t happen.
A very interesting game seen at the start of the third part of the game, Thanasi had three game balls, but Djokovic put in the “fifth gear” and took the service away from the opponent. It was clear that he was taking easy steps towards a new victory. The Serbian tennis player did not allow Kokkinakis a shred of hope, and it was clear that the match was definitely over when Kokkinakis knelt down again in the fifth game after a series of bad shots. Novak had 4: 1 and a double break. By the end of the duel, Kokkinakis managed to win one game and thus mitigate the convincing defeat. In the last game, Djokovic saved the only break ball in the match for Kokkinakis, and then brought the match to an end.
If we had reason to worry after the match against Kwon, Novak definitely dissuaded us with today’s game.
Djokovic will cross rackets with Miomir Kecmanovic in the third round of Wimbledon, so a real Serbian derby on the grass awaits us!
