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Novak Djokovic has begun his 2024 Wimbledon campaign in style with a straight sets win over Czech qualifier Vit Kopriva, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday and reached the second round.<\/em><\/p>\n Despite knee surgery early last month, the 37-year-old Djokovic showed no discomfort as he sailed to a one-hour, 58-minute triumph in the first round under the Centre Court roof. The Serbian ace broke Kopriva\u2019s serve twice in each set, bolstering his first-round match record at SW19 to 19-0.<\/p>\n Kopriva, 27, who had only played professional grass-court tennis at Wimbledon qualifiers in 2022, 2023, and this year, struggled to match Djokovic\u2019s consistency. Djokovic committed a mere 16 unforced errors over three sets and clinched the match by winning 90 per cent (35\/39) of the points on his first serve.<\/p>\n Although Djokovic, a 24-time major champion, was heavily favoured against world No. 123 Kopriva, the intrigue was heightened due to the Serbian\u2019s comeback from a knee injury that led to his withdrawal from Roland Garros. Nevertheless, Djokovic demonstrated fluid movement and no hesitation on the All England Club\u2019s grass courts.<\/p>\n With a 19-6 record for the year, Djokovic is set to face British wild card Jacob Fearnley, who secured a 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(12) victory over qualifier Alejandro Moro Canas. Djokovic aims to match Roger Federer\u2019s record of eight Wimbledon titles.<\/p>\n Alexander Zverev Advances, Francisco Comesana Stuns Andrey Rublev<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Alexander Zverev led strong performances from the Top 10 stars in the PIF ATP Rankings at Wimbledon on Tuesday, though World No. 6 Andrey Rublev was the highest-ranked player to be defeated at the grass-court major thus far.<\/em><\/p>\n Fourth seed Zverev smoothly overcame Roberto Carballes Baena with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory on No. 1 Court, marking his seventh second-round achievement in eight appearances at SW19. The German unleashed 46 winners, including 18 aces, in a commanding opening win at a tournament where he has not yet made the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n Zverev\u2019s one-hour and 53-minute victory over Carballes Baena sets up a second-round clash with either Marcos Giron or local wildcard Henry Searle in London. His record for the year in Grand Slam matches now stands at 12-2, following semi-final participation at the Australian Open and a final appearance at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n \n Meanwhile, on No. 2 Court, Rublev\u2019s unblemished record in Wimbledon\u2019s opening rounds ended when Argentine Francisco Comesana, ranked 122nd in the world, stunned the sixth seed 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(5). The match, interrupted by rain, saw Comesana convert four out of five break points to secure a notable victory in only his second grass-court match at any level, whether professional or junior.<\/p>\n Comesana\u2019s prize for his victory, his first in four tour-level attempts, is a second-round match with Adam Walton. The Australian secured his first major win by defeating Federico Coria 6-3, 6-3, 7-5.<\/p>\n Rublev\u2019s loss impacts his position in the PIF ATP Rankings, as the 26-year-old was defending quarter-final points from Wimbledon 2023 and has now fallen behind Hubert Hurkacz to seventh in the PIF ATP Live Rankings.<\/p>\n Rublev remains in eighth place in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, missing a significant opportunity to advance his Nitto ATP Finals qualification efforts at the All England Club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Novak Djokovic has begun his 2024 Wimbledon campaign in style with a straight sets win over Czech qualifier Vit Kopriva, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday and reached the second round. Despite knee surgery early last month, the 37-year-old Djokovic showed no discomfort as he sailed to a one-hour, 58-minute triumph in the first round […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Novak-Djokovic.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32708,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32706\/revisions\/32708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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