In the early morning of July 4th, Beijing time, the fourth round of the Wimbledon men's singles match continued. In a focus battle, the top seed Djokovic met the dark horse player Van Lethorn. After four sets of competition, Djokovic defeated his opponent 26-2/4-6/6-1/6-2 and broke into the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the 13th time in his career. In the next round, Djokovic will face Sinner, the 10th seed in the tournament.
【H2H】
Djokovic is currently ranked 3rd in the world ATP, and Van Lethoven is ranked 104th in the world. The two sides have never played against each other before.
[Road to Advancement]
Djokovic eliminated Kwon Sunwoo, Kokkinakis and compatriot Kezmanovic in the first three rounds, easily advancing to the top 16 of Wimbledon.
Van Lethoven participated as a wild card and eliminated three famous players, namely Delbones, Opelka and Baslashvili on the way to promotion.
[Game details]
Djokovic broke serve first in the second game of the first set. In the third game, he saved 2 break points to keep serve. In the 8th game, Djokovic broke serve again in a game where his opponent had to save, and Djokovic won the first set 6-2.
Djokovic lost his serve in the 7th game of the second set, and Van Lethoven served to win the set in the 10th game. Djokovic missed 4 break point opportunities, and his opponent held serve tenaciously to regain the set at 6-4.
In the third set, Djokovic broke serve twice in the 2nd and 4th games and took a 5-0 lead at the beginning. In the 6th game, Van Lethoven saved 3 set points to keep serve, and then in the 7th game, Djokovic easily kept serve, and Djokovic won another set 6-1.
In the fourth set, Djokovic broke his opponent's serve as soon as possible and led 2-0 at the beginning. In the 7th game, Djokovic broke serve again and served to win the game at 5-2. In the 8th game, Djokovic successfully maintained serve and won the fourth set 6-2.
[Technical statistics]
The whole game took 2 hours and 38 minutes; ACE ball number of goals: 7 by Djokovic and 20 by Van Lethoven; 2 double faults by Djokovic and 5 by Van Lethoven; winning points Djokovic had 29 points and Van Lethoven had 41 points; Djokovic made 19 unforced errors and Van Lethoven made 53 times; Djokovic's first serve scoring rate was 75%-66% ahead of Van Lethoven; the total score was 127 for Djokovic. -94 dominates.
