Djokovic Rolls into Wimbledon Second Spherical
Seven-time former winner and No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic cruised into the second spherical of the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday, defeating Vit Kopriva 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.
Needing one hour and 58 minutes to advance, Djokovic hit 10 aces, received 90 p.c of his first serve factors and broke serve on six events.
Just lately having knee surgical procedure throughout Roland Garros, Djokovic appeared in nice kind throughout his opening match. The 37-year-old Serb will subsequent face Jacob Fearnley or Alejandro Moro Canas.
Elsewhere, No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev, No. 7 seed Hubert Hurkacz, No. 9 seed Alex de Minaur, No. 14 seed Ben Shelton, No. 25 seed Lorenzo Musetti and No. 30 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry all reached the spherical of 64.
No. 20 seed Sebastian Korda misplaced in 5 units to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. The Frenchman slammed 51 aces in three hour and 21 minutes.
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Defending Girls’s Champion Vondrousova Ousted
Defending girls’s champion Marketa Vondrousova misplaced in straight units on Day 2, shedding to World No. 83 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-2. Needing one hour and seven minutes to advance, Bouzas Maneiro will subsequent face fellow Spaniard Cristina Bucsa.
Different girls’s outcomes on the day included No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina, No. 5 seed Jessica Pegula, Laura Siegemund, Xinyu Wang and Harriet Dart all reaching the second spherical.
Wednesday’s motion at Wimbledon will embrace Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff.
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