Wimbledon: A more polished Novak Djokovic cuts and dices into third round

Novak Djokovic celebrates beating Thanasi Kokkinakis on the third day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. Photograph: Getty ImagesThere was a winner hit midway through the first set, where Novak Djokovic perceptibly brought up the tempo, pace and threat to Australian opponent Thanasi Kokkinakis, aka Kokk. As he ran forward and hit on the forehand side the pace scorched past Kokk noticeably quicker than any that had come before.

With a live mic, he addressed the Swiss Grand Slam champion, saying: “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. Sorry to tell you that mate.” “Yeah, tough. Wasn’t great from my end,” said Kokk. “Wasn’t able to execute. He does everything right. It was pretty one-way traffic. It was frustrating. But, you know, yeah, got chopped today. Wasn’t too much to it.

Not surprisingly the first set quickly went to 5-1 with Kokk misfiring and mistiming shots and clearly thinking of his strings. Length, width, he just couldn’t find the precision under the Djokovic gaze, when everything had to be just so to stand any chance. As they walked to the tunnel the impression was Kokk might have been off for a beer, the magical Djokovic to get his energy fields recharged with crystals. The victory made it 23 wins in a row at Wimbledon for the winner, a run that stretches back to the 2017 quarter finals.“I think the quality of tennis was really high from my side,” he said. “I played with not too many unforced errors from back of the court. Whenever I needed to put the return in, I did.

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