Currently taking part in Wimbledon 2023, Novak Djokovic will probably be aiming to compare Roger Federer’s file tally of 8 titles on the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. The Serb lately cruised to a historical twenty third Grand Slam name at Roland Garros, defeating Casper Ruud within the French Open ultimate. In doing so, he additionally set a brand new males’s singles file and overtook Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slam haul. ,Wimbledon Live Updates Day 4,
Djokovic sealed a very easy 6-3 7(7)-6(4) 7-5 win vs Jordan Thompson in his Wimbledon 2nd spherical fit on Wednesday, and gave the impression of he was once a person on a project. In the continuing tournament, simplest Carlos Alcaraz is thought of as through many to be Djokovic’s simplest danger. The pair met within the French Open semi-finals, the place Djokovic got here out on best in a mystery, successful 6–3 5–7 6–1 6–1.
Meanwhile, there may be every other participant within the match, who has stopped Djokovic previously and that’s Stan Wawrinka. Wawrinka is ready to stand Tomas Martin Etcheverry in his 2nd spherical fixture on Thursday. A victory for the Swiss would imply that he would face Djokovic of their twenty seventh assembly. In phrases of head-to-head, Djokovic leads 20-6. But two of Wawrinka’s wins have are available in Grand Slam finals, on the 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open.
Speaking right through a Wimbledon press convention on Wednesday, Djokovic jokingly identified Wawrinka’s position in disposing of two Grand Slam titles from him. “Well, he took away two Grand Slams from me. That’s the role he played [in my career], beating me in two Grand Slam finals (smiling). No, I like Stan a lot. He’s a great person. Really always inspirational what he’s doing at his age. He’s almost 40 years old and he still keeps going strong. That’s something that not many people can do”, he stated.
“After several surgeries of his knees, he keeps going strong and trying to create some more history for himself and tennis. We cannot forget that he’s a three-time Grand Slam champion and Davis Cup winner and also Olympic gold. He had a fantastic career .”
Djokovic additionally was hoping that Wawrinka would win his fit. “One of the nicest one-handed backhands that I have ever played against, ever seen. Very powerful player. Very strong. Very complete. He can play equally well on all surfaces. I hope we get to play against each other because we have ‘t faced in quite some time. It will be the duel of the veterans of the tour if it comes to that,” he added.