He had more work than he wanted Novak Djokovic To sign the pass to the quarterfinals Wimbledon to get rid of varnish Hubert Hurkacz with 7-6(6), 7-6(6), 5-7 and 6-4. The Serbian tennis player missed the first set of the tournament in a suspended match due to the municipality’s rest rule, forcing matches to be stopped at 23:00 the previous night.

The reboot had little to do with the game being suspended on Sunday night. Djokovic made him wait a few minutes hurkacz with a quiet smile and looking up at the sky before entering the plant. He hadn’t played in the sun since his first game. All previous matches had been played under a roof and with artificial light. Very different conditions with the disturbing wind blowing (30 km/h), clouds and 21 degrees temperature.

Serbian player lost the first set

The conditions were not the same but the opponent was the same as the one who had won the first two sets at the ‘tie break’ the day before and the way of play would have changed little. Polish tennis player throwing kick bombs And Djokovic looking for the moment to break or force a third ‘tie break’. Didn’t get it and it happened hurkacz who gave a ‘break’ Djokovic for grab the first set The Serbian tennis player became the owner of the tournament. Unexpected blow. hurkacz he stayed in the set but could not beat Djokovic despite finishing the game with 33 ‘aces’, 81% efficiency in the first serve and 64 wins.

32nd win

Djokovic To put an end to complications in a game he faced, he made only 16 effortless mistakes in his event and closed any debate with a ‘timeout’ (4-3), paving the way for the quarter-finals, 32nd win in a row. He hasn’t lost a game at the back since 2017 and his 90th win of 100 games since his debut at Wimbledon in 2005 and his final loss to Andy Murray in 2013 (42 games in a game). order).

The next opponent to try to stop Djokovic it will be russian this wednesday Andrey Rublev (7 worlds) have won three times in a confrontation.