Djokovic cleans up Chilean Garin in Round of 16, will face Fucsovics in Quarterfinal of Wimbledon 2021
Novak Djokovic Wimbledon 2021: Serbian top seed Novak Djokovic beat Chilean Cristian Garín 6-2, 6-4 and 6-2 on Monday to advance to the Wimbledon quarterfinals in a new step in his tournament title defense grass.
The world number one, who won the last two men’s singles titles on the All England Club grass. He will play his 50th Grand Slam quarterfinal match when he faces Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. Who in another of the day’s matches he beat Russian Andrey Rublev 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-0 and 6-3.
Garin, 25, and 17th seeded, had never faced Djokovic on grass and was able to do little against the Serbian.
Djoker to add another trophy
Djokovic won the first eight points of the game and did not take his foot off the gas during the hour and 48 minutes that the match lasted, dominating the Chilean with his game from the baseline.
The Serb only lost 13 points on his serve and broke his rival’s serve five times to stay on track to a 20th Grand Slam title that would tie him with Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal for the most crowns in the big tournaments.
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A sixth Wimbledon trophy on Sunday would also bring the 34-year-old closer to the Golden Slam , with the Tokyo Olympics and the US Open being played on hard courts later in the year.
The Serbian hit 28 winners, double that of his rival, and never lost control of the match. The reigning Australian Open and Roland Garros champion made no secret that he feels in his prime.
In another of the day’s matches, Canadian Denis Shapovalov beat Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-3 and 7-5.
