Djokovic happy to put on Sunday best after Kyrgios fireworks

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Victory for Djokovic will set-up a mouthwatering quarter-final against Carlos Alcaraz if the Spanish teenager sees off Italy’s Jannik Sinner. theSun theSundaily Djokovic Wimbledon SportsNews news carlosalcaraz

Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his third round match against Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic/REUTERSPIX: Novak Djokovic admits he is a convert to Wimbledon’s new middle Sunday play rule as the three-time defending champion aims at reaching the quarter-finals for the 13th time.

It has traditionally been a rest day at Wimbledon with the exception of 1991, 1997, 2004 and 2016 when rain in the opening week forced a quick planning reset. He has dropped serve just three times and has defeated seeded players Reilly Opelka and Nikoloz Basilashvili to make the fourth round. The swashbuckling 19-year-old Alcaraz is bidding to reach his third Slam quarter-final but first at Wimbledon.Sinner is also seeking a first quarter-final at Wimbledon having fallen in the first round on his main draw debut last year.

But mercurial Australian Nick Kyrgios cannot be ruled out after he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in a bad-tempered clash on Saturday night. The Tunisian has only dropped 13 games in three rounds, spending just three hours and six minutes on court.

 

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