LONDON — Novak Djokovic added one other report to his title by reaching Wimbledon’s third spherical for a Nineteenth time with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 win over Dan Evans on Centre Court docket on Wednesday.
It was Djokovic’s 99th match win at Wimbledon general, and the 19 third-round appearances put him one forward of Roger Federer for many by any man within the Open Period.
It is hardly essentially the most prestigious report for Djokovic, whose 24 Grand Slam titles — together with seven at Wimbledon — are essentially the most by a male participant. However he may at the least use it to poke enjoyable at his new, and far youthful, major rivals.
“Nineteen instances, that is an incredible stat,” mentioned the 38-year-old Djokovic. “That is most likely virtually as a lot as Sinner and Alcaraz have years of their lives.”
Effectively, not fairly.
Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Djokovic within the final two Wimbledon finals, is 22, whereas No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner — who was enjoying in a while Centre Court docket — is 23.
The rising rivalry between Sinner and Alcaraz — particularly within the wake of their five-set ultimate on the French Open final month — has helped tennis transfer on from the period of the Large Three, the place Djokovic is the final man standing after Federer and Rafael Nadal retired.
However Djokovic is simply too centered on proving he can nonetheless win one other Slam to sit down again and mirror on every little thing he has achieved at Wimbledon.
“I do not pause to mirror, to be sincere. I haven’t got time,” Djokovic mentioned in an on-court interview. “I wish to. However I believe that is going to return most likely once I set the racket apart after which sip margarita on the seaside with Federer and Nadal and simply mirror on our rivalry and every little thing.”
In opposition to Evans, Djokovic did not convert his first 9 break factors within the first set. However as soon as he obtained the breakthrough for a 5-3 lead — elevating each arms within the air as if to say “lastly” — he went five-for-six on break factors the remainder of the way in which.
“You’ve these sorts of days the place every little thing goes your method,” mentioned Djokovic, who did not face a break level of his personal till the ultimate recreation. “Every thing flows.”
Additionally within the males’s draw, No. 11 Alex de Minaur ousted One hundred and fifteenth-ranked Arthur Cazaux 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 and Nineteenth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov outlasted Corentin Moutet 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.