(Wimbledon) Favorite Novak Djokovic easily beat Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Posted at 11:05 a.m.
Updated at 12:40 p.m.
The holder of six career titles on the lawn of the All England Club – including the last three – will face in the next round his fellow Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, who defeated the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo with difficulty 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3 ), 3-6 and 6-3.
In addition, the French Open finalist, Casper Ruud, bowed out in the second round. The Norwegian, seeded third in the tournament, was upset 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 and 6-4 by Frenchman Ugo Humbert on court no 2.
In the ladies, second seed Anett Kontaveit suffered the same fate as Ruud. The Estonian lost 6-4, 6-0 in the second round to Germany’s Jule Niemeier.
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Anett Kontaveit
Kontaveit has never reached the fourth round on the London lawn – the only Grand Slam tournament where she has never made it. She was participating in the Wimbledon tournament for the eighth time. Moreover, it was Kontaveit’s first game on grass this season.
Caroline Garcia, 55e world, beat Briton Emma Raducanu, 11e and winner of the last US Open, 6-3, 6-3 Wednesday in the second round of Wimbledon.
The 28-year-old Frenchwoman, who won last week in Bad Homburg on the 8e title of her career, thus winning a seventh victory in a row, which had not happened to her since the 2019 grass season. In the next round, she will face the Chinese Shuai Zhang (41e).
The holder of two Wimbledon titles, Andy Murray, will next take to the court against the American giant format tennis player John Isner.
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz will also be in action today. Among the women, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the Greek Maria Sakkari and the German Angelique Kerber must also play their second round match.
A light rain fell on Wimbledon in the morning, and the sky is likely to be cloudy for the rest of the day.