In less than two hours, Novak Djokovic did not drag against the 154th world Daniel Evans on Thursday to reach the third round of Wimbledon, while Iga Swiatek conceded the first round before reacting well.
The Italian world N.1 Jannik Sinner plays its second round in the evening and will be ultra-favored against the Australian Aleksandar Vukic (93rd). The French veteran Gaël Monfils (48th), the oldest player in the table, is opposed to the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (105th).
– Djokovic in one breath –
In search of a 25th record title in Grand Slam at 38 years old, Djokovic dismissed Evans 6-3, 6-2, 6-0. The world N.6 will face its Serbian compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic (49th), in the third round of the Dutch Jesper de Jong in four rounds, in the third round.
This is the 99th victory at Wimbledon for Djokovic, a seven-time winner of the British History of the Grand Slam and defeated last year in the final by the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
On the path of an eighth title, which would see him equal to the Pantheon the king of the lawn Roger Federer, “Djoko” only made a bite of the 35 -year -old Briton, swallowed in 1h47. Before this Thursday, Evans had nevertheless won the only confrontation against man with 100 ATP titles, in Monte-Carlo in 2021.
But this time, the Serbian was intractable, from start to finish, of clinical efficiency (46 winning strokes, eleven aces) and almost untouchable on its first services (89% of points won). He did not let his opponent breathe, who had to wait for the last game to have his first two break balls, quickly saved by Djokovic before winning in his first match ball, on a direct fault of the British.
“I absolutely did not want to leave Dan the slightest chance of returning to the match,” he explained. I tried to put it under pressure constantly from the bottom of the court. I served very well, with great precision “.
Above all, Djokovic was satisfied that his body was “in very good shape”. A crucial data if he wants to go to the end of the fortnight.
Qualified just as easily on Wednesday, the double holder of the title Carlos Alcaraz is now aware of his future opponent: it will be the German Jan-Lennard Struff (125th), winner of the Canadian Seer Felix Auger-Aliassime (28th in the world) 3-6, 7-6 (11/9), 6-3, 6-4.
– Switzerland and Krejcikova reaction –
In the female picture, the Polish Iga Swiatek, a world 4th player, did not tremble in front of the American Caty McNally, ex-N.11 world fell to the 208th row.
Unlike the outgoing finalist, the Italian Jasmine Paolini, beaten on Wednesday, and other members of the top 10 eliminated prematurely (Gauff, Pegula, Qinwen and Badosa), Swiatek responded – after a slow departure however.
After dropping the first set 5-7, she unrolled in the following 6-2, 6-1, leaving only American crumbs and concluding on her fifth ACE in 2h25.
More at ease on clay, Swiatek has the best result a quarter-final in Wimbledon in 2023. The world’s ex-number 1, victorious four times in Roland Garros (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) and once at the US Open (2022), will face another American, Danielle Collins (54th).
The title holder Barbora Krejcikova also needed three heats to win. The 29-year-old Czech, the career thwarted by injuries, dominated the American Caroline Dolehide 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
The Russian series heads Mirra Andreeva (N.7) and American Emma Navarro (N.10) did the work in two sets, respectively against the Italian Lucia Bronzetti and the Russian Veronika Kudermetova.
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