Serbian Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Alex de Minaur, Alex de Minaur, during the fourth round of male singles at Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Monday July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) London: It’s not about how you start, it’s important, but how well you finish. Novak Djokovic played aphorism to perfection at the Wimbledon Central Court.After he lost the first set in 30 minutes, he won only 14 points, a 38 -year -old man who was seen as clutching the stomach during the transition, turned the fourth round of the clash against the 11th. And how. SRB came up with a stunning counter in the fourth set and won five direct games to get 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victories in three hours and 18 minutes to create the 16th quarterfinals on Church Road.Monday got on the wet, wind start to SW19, which caused demanding conditions. The sun was moody and a cold wind swept across the ground, the spectators pulled the winter sweater. The center court was packed and the roof was open. The house was still a stylish eight -time Roger Federer champion.De Minaur was forced to resign last year before the quarterfinals of Wimbledon with hip injuries, which Djokovic allowed Walkover to the semifinals. This time, 11. The seed stood its best leg forward, a lot to pleasure the crowd, but when Djokovic increased the pace on its forehand and eliminated the ball from Denaur’s strike, Aussie rocked on the back leg. The 26 -year -old looked as if he was out of possibilities.
The first three games of the second set went with breaks. The second game, which de Minaur won, scored nine deuces and six points of turns, but the Serb resumed the order to the game by holding in love in the fourth game to take the lead 3-1. De Minaur, who was encouraged by his fiancé Katie Boulter, slipped in the ninth game of the third set and Djokovice continued to lead two sets-one.When De Minaur was driven forward to the 4-1 lead in the fourth set, making Djokovic Run to the corner, it was buzzing around the area that the 24-time main winner was a distance of a distance. The geeks have already counted. Since 2010, Djokovic lost the match only once after leaving two intermediates to love, it was Denis Istomin in Melbourne Park in 2017. Djokovic, however, had different plans, apparently not looking at the fifth set. He broke in the seventh game and coped with 4-4 before he closed the door in the competition. World No. 6 quickly released problems with the stomach and said that after 30plus the shot only needs breath. “Sometimes I wish I had a salt and a nice touch (like) a gentleman standing there. That would help,” Djokovic said in his interview in the court and recognized Federer. “Probably this is the first time he watched me and won the match. The last couple I lost is good to break the curse.”In the next match of the fourth round 22. The seed of Italian Flavio Cobolli defeated the finalist of Wimbledon in 2017 Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3) to create the quarterfinals at the Travní court for the first time. In the last clash-eigh, 23-year-old Italian faces his idol Djokovich for the second time in his career and lost his lonely meeting in Shanghai.Belinda Bencic, one of the nine mothers in the draw, created her first quarterfinals with 7-6 (4), 6-4 victories over 18.
