Second seed Novak Djokovic stored his Wimbledon title bid on observe on the grass-court main, the place the seven-time titlist held agency for a fourth-round victory towards Hubert Hurkacz.

The defending champion led towards the Pole 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6) on Centre Courtroom, when curfew ended Sunday play. The match resumed on Monday.

Novak dropped the third set earlier than sealing a 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-4 triumph.

“Massive credit score to Hubert for taking part in a tremendous match, robust luck for him right now,” Djokovic mentioned in his on-court interview. “However he put up a fantastic efficiency. Actually, I don’t recall the final time I felt this depressing in returning video games to be trustworthy, as a result of his extremely correct and highly effective serve.”

Throughout two days of motion on the All England Membership, the seventeenth seed didn’t lose serve within the match till 3-3 within the fourth set. However Nole finally broke his opponent’s serve to progress after three hours and 6 minutes.

“He’s received the most effective serves on this planet and it’s so troublesome to learn it. Enjoying on the quickest floor within the sport, grass courtroom, it actually favours massive servers. So it was not likely an pleasant match for me, I need to say,” Novak added. “However I suppose within the essential moments, yesterday final evening, I used to be lucky actually, to win that first set. I used to be 3/6 down within the tie-break. This match undoubtedly might have gone a distinct approach. However I suppose I held my nerves when it mattered and I’m comfortable to win.”

Novak will subsequent play seventh seed Andrey Rublev (RUS), who defeated Alexander Bublik in 5 units on Sunday.

The 23-time Grand Slam winner leads the pair’s ATP H2H sequence 3-1.

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