LONDON — Novak Djokovic added one other file to his identify by reaching Wimbledon’s third spherical for a Nineteenth time with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 win over Dan Evans on Centre Courtroom 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 probably the most prestigious file for Djokovic, whose 24 Grand Slam titles — together with seven at Wimbledon — are probably the most by a male participant. However he might at the least use it to poke enjoyable at his new, and far youthful, primary rivals.
“Nineteen instances, that is an awesome stat,” mentioned the 38-year-old Djokovic. “That is most likely virtually as a lot as Sinner and Alcaraz have years of their lives.”
Nicely, 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 Courtroom — 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 Huge 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 take a seat again and replicate on all the things he has completed at Wimbledon.
“I do not pause to replicate, to be trustworthy. I haven’t got time,” Djokovic mentioned in an on-court interview. “I want to. However I believe that is going to return most likely after I set the racket apart after which sip margarita on the seaside with Federer and Nadal and simply replicate on our rivalry and all the things.”
Towards Evans, Djokovic didn’t convert his first 9 break factors within the first set. However as soon as he received 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 best way.
“You’ve gotten these sorts of days the place all the things goes your means,” mentioned Djokovic, who did not face a break level of his personal till the ultimate recreation. “Every little 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.