Seed no.1 Novak Djokovic confirms he is one of the players to beat in this Wimbledon edition.
The Serbian produced an immaculate performance against Jo-Wilfrid Tsonga in the 4th round of the Championships. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes and to be honest the only way to describe Djokovic’s performance is by talking about stats.
Some numbers
Novak fired 14 aces (0 double faults) vs. Tsonga’s 19 aces (2 double faults). The Serbian came to the net 24 times winning 21 points (!!!). Djokovic has never dropped a service game as he saved 2 break points. Tsonga was broken twice in the first 2 sets after conceding 9 break points. Finally Djokovic scored 99 points vs. Tsonga’s 86.
Djokovic: I am very happy by my consistency
Nole commented “Jo is a top player. and he loves the big stage. So to be able to win against him in straight sets on the surface that I feel suits him the most is a great result. I was very happy with my consistency today, mental consistency, and variety in my game. I played very well from back of the court.
All in all, it was a very good match, and hopefully I can continue keeping the same level,”
Next vs. Cilic
Djokovic will play Marin Cilic in the quarters. Head to head is 9-0 for Novak that is the hot favorite for getting to the semifinal … well probably he is the favorite for the title.
