Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates his win over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen after their second round match at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
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Djokovic’s dominance continued in the second set as he raced to a 4-1 lead before having to save a couple of break points, but he escaped unscathed to extend his lead.
Djokovic should continue to record efficient victories as he faces Nieminen, a ex- quarterfinalist playing his last Wimbledon.
After fighting through a calf injury in the first round at Wimbledon, Kei Nishikori couldn’t even step onto Centre Court for his second match.
Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin and Richard Gasquet were all straight-sets winners, along with Leonardo Mayer and John Isner, whose clash with Matthew Ebden was interrupted due to a ball boy collapsing.
Djokovic will take on Australian 27th seed Bernard Tomic for a place in the last 16 as the Serb continues his bid to win a third Wimbledon and ninth Grand Slam crown.
A plainly tired Tomic said: “I didn’t sleep well yesterday and the day before – probably getting three or four hours of sleep”.
Since 2006, only five teenagers have managed to reach the men’s third round at Wimbledon – and three of them went on to become Grand Slam champions: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Marin Cilic.
“I mean, that serve is special, that’s for sure”, Haas, who lost 6-0 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-4) on a cauldron-like Court One, said.
With temperatures soaring into the mid-30s C (mid-90s F), ex- champions Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova and French Open victor Stan Wawrinka also won in straights sets. “It was a pleasure to be the last player to play him at Wimbledon”. A very, very nice guy, one of the nicest guys off the court..
Haas was completely overpowered for two sets but hit back to snatch the third before Raonic, who fired down 29 aces, prevailed in a nervy fourth set.
The fire started inside a mechanical room in the east side of the building, All England Club spokesman Johnny Perkins said.
The world number one cracks will begin to show if he’s extended to four and his deep baseline ground-strokes will wear out as will his serves.
“This is the surface that he loves playing the most on so it’s going to be a hard match”. People were talking about it and predicting really hard conditions.
On Monday it was clear the problem that first flared up in Halle 11 days ago, when he had to quit midway through his semi-final, was again troubling him as he was stretched into a fifth set by Italy’s Simone Bolelli.
Australian Nick Kyrgios was also made to feel uncomfortable, but by the umpire rather than the weather, as he came through against Argentina’s Juan Monaco 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 6-4.
After being heard to call himself “dirty scum” in his first-round match, Kyrgios uttered a string of expletives following an errant shot on Wednesday, with his actions reported to the umpire by a line judge.
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As the supporters began chanting while Kyrgios quarrelled with the umpire, he turned to them and said: “now is not a good time” before later telling them to “stop it”.
