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Patna : Top seed and World No 1 Novak Djokovic, 34, Serbia, beat World No 114 Denis Kudla, 28, USA, in straight sets in third round to sail into Wimbledon 4th round on July 2, 2021, night. Djokovic, the winner of 19 Grand Slam singles titles including 9 Australain Open titles, beat Kuda 6-6, 6-3, 7-6 on Court 1, Wimbledon, London, UK, in 3rd round.
Djokovic fired 8 Aces during the match to 6 by Kudla. The Serbian won 4 break points during the match to 2 by the American. Djokovic, in all, won 103 points to 85 by Kudla. Djokovic won 4 games in a row during the match to 3 by Kudla. Interestingly, Djokovic’s winning percentage on his second serve was only 57% to 61% of the American. But, Djokovic’s winning percentage on his first serve was 88 % to Kudla’s 64%.
World No 48 Marton Fucsovics, 29, Hungary, stunned 9th seed Diego Schwartzman, 28, Argentina, defeating him in a tough four-set contest in 3rd round on Court 3 on July 2, 2021. Fucsovics beat Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 to move into the 4th round. The Hungarian won 8 break points during the match to 4 by the Argentinian. He also won 3 games in a during the match to 2 by Schwartzman. Fucsovics, in all, won 132 points during the match to 117 by Schwartzman.
World No 50 Sebastian Korda, USA, beat 22nd seed Dan Evans, 31, UK, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in 3rd round on Centre Court to reach 4th round. Korda fired 13 Aces during the match to none by the Brit World No 26. Both the players committed 4 double faults each. Korda, however, won 5 break points to 3 by Evans.