Novak Djokovic He adds and continues in his attempt to make more history and add his twenty-fifth ‘Grand Slam’ title at Wimbledon, the eighth in the Cathedral of tennis. He would equal Roger Federer’s mark in the competition, but he would be the oldest to do so in the Open Era, at 37 years and 53 days.
The tennis player with the lowest ranking capable of defeating Djokovic in a major had been the Uzbek Denis Istomin (117) in the second round of the Australian Open, in 2017.
Jacob Fearnleya guest of the organization under the condition of a British player, is ranked 277. Executioner of Madrid’s Alejandro Moro in the opening round, The victory of the champion of 24 majors worried at times. He finally bowed his knee with a tentative 6-3, 6-4, 5-7 y 7-5.
Djokovic showed off his kneepad again and it is gray like Matteo Berrettini’s anklets and Frances Tiafoe’s kneepads are black.. There is no controversy in this and that is how the leaders of the All England Club understand it, who have given it the go-ahead.
Fearnley had his moment when he achieved his first and only break on the world number two’s serve in the sixth game of the third set. It helped him equalize three.
The local team continued the streak and was 4-3 up on the scoreboard. The third set would be scored and the stands began to dream of a resounding surprise that would never come to pass.
Fearnley missed the victory when he gave up his serve in the eleventh round of the continuation. He had done enough against an adversary who has decided in his favor 36 of the last 37 matches played on the Wimbledon grass.
Djokovic is sixth on the list of tennis players with the most wins in the third major. It adds up to 94 and can reach 99 in this edition. Superar�a as� a Serena Williams (98), Chris Evert (96) y Billie Jean King (95). She would only have Martina Navratilova (120) and Federer (105) ahead of her.
