Novak Djokovic won the third round against Stan Wawrinka 3-0 (6-3, 6-1, 7-6). After this match, the defending champion has 351 wins in the 'Grand Slam' and has won 31 consecutive matches on the grass court of the All England Club.
This is also the 15th time Djokovic has reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon, the two players who have reached the round of 16 more times than the Serbian are Roger Federer (18) and Jimmy Conners (16).
Djokovic's next opponent is Polish player Hubert Hurkacz.
Djokovic reaches the round of 16 for the 15th time
Also yesterday, Carlos Alcaraz reached the third round of Wimbledon for the second time in his career after defeating Alexandre Muller in three sets with a score of 6-4, 7-6, 6-3. After this victory, the young Spaniard has played 11 matches and won 9. Alcaraz's opponent in the third round is the 25th seed from Chile, Nicolás Jarry.
Yesterday, the women's tennis world also witnessed a record-long tie-break of 38 points in the match between Lesia Tsurenko and An Bogda. Tsurenko won 20-18 in the super tie-break, defeating Ana Bogdan 3-0 (4-6, 6-3, 7(20)-6(18)) in the third round of Wimbledon.
Tsurenko wins longest tie-break in Wimbledon women's singles history
The 38-point tie-break between Tsurenko and Bogdan is the longest in women's singles history at a Grand Slam tournament. Previously, the longest tie-break on record was 36 points between Denisa Allertova and Johanna Konta in the first round of Roland Garros 2016.
This is the second time this tie-break has been used at Wimbledon. Previously, Bjorn Borg defeated Premijt Lall with the same score of 20-18 in the first round of the men's singles in 1973.
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