It started Novak Djokovic at half throttle at Wimbledon. It didn’t do him much more damage than dropping a set against South Korean Soonwoo Kwon (6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4), but it did serve as a warning to the main favorite that this tournament is not going to be a walk.
Nor is this minor misstep a big warning for Djokovic, who also gave up a set on his 2021 debut against the hosts. Jack Draperfor the rest of the tournament not to miss another sleeve until the final.
The Serbian’s adventure towards the seventh Wimbledon and towards the hunt for Rafael Nadal, It started out in a panic, but was always under the atmosphere of control that permeated Djokovic on these rails, where he was simply overshadowed by the idyll that Roger Federer has kept up with this contest and that has diminished his achievements.
With this win, Djokovic has 22 straight wins at Wimbledon. He hasn’t lost since he retired in 2017, five years ago. His level against Kwon, although far from the perfection he would reach over the days, was the extension of several training sessions that saw the most comfortable Djokovic of the year, the man who knew he had to use his superiority. on the surface to narrow the crack that Nadal opens after Roland Garros.
He was also touched by the added motivation that this could be his last Grand Slam of the season.
In perfect condition for his game, with the roof closed and an inexperienced opponent on the other side of the court, Djokovic was stopped. He dropped a serve and needed a five-game surge to get the game back on track.
Some small lungs rise when the second part disappears. A story that was no longer new for him, but he was forced to put in another gear to hold the Korean, who didn’t stop showing an interesting backhand and plenty of courage to take Djokovic from one place to another. pa.
The tension, with viewers eager for a catastrophe or, at least, for more drama, lasted until the fifth game of the third set. There Djokovic had to disable a break point that would put Kwon ahead. With that lost ball, David lost the film’s options. Djokovic won seven of the next ten games and left the fight at will to judge his place in the second round.
It wasn’t his most convincing victory, as the nearly 30 unforced errors he made showed, but it was enough to remove one of the seven hurdles that separated him in his seventh Wimbledon. Next race rival, Thanasi Kokkinakis or Kamil Majchrzak next Wednesday.
Source: La Verdad
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