The victory on Friday was Djokovic’s 330rd in Grand Slam competition. The 35-year-old top seed said, “So far, so good,” after defeating a competitor who called him his “hero.” “I hold myself to a high standard. The level should always be raised, and things are going nicely.
Tim van Rijthoven, a Dutch wild card, is waiting in the fourth round.The world number 104 upset Georgia’s 22nd seed Nikoloz Basilashvili in his first Grand Slam main draw match, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. The 25-year-old Van Rijthoven won the’s-Hertogenbosch championship last month, beating Daniil Medvedev in the final to demonstrate his brilliance on grass. As the seventh person to reach the round of 16 on his Grand Slam debut since 2000, Van Rijthoven remarked, “Playing Djokovic was a dream for me before the tournament even started. So having the opportunity to do so and perhaps even play on Court 1 or Center Court is lovely and fantastic.German Tatjana Maria, the world’s 103rd-ranked player who only rejoined the tour last year after maternity leave, defeated fifth-seeded Greek Sakkari 6-3, 7-5.
Maria will play former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round of a Slam for the first time. The winner advances to the quarterfinals. First time in the past 16 and it feels fantastic, so that’s amazing. It was quite amazing to defeat Sakkari today, said mother-of-two Maria.
Ostapenko, a 2018 All England Club semifinalist, defeated Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 to increase her three-round victory total to 102. Jule Niemeier of Germany defeated Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine in three sets after defeating second seed Anette Kontaveit.Angelique Kerber, the 2018 winner, was also eliminated on Friday after Elise Mertens defeated the German 15th seed 6-4, 7-5.
The world number two Ons Jabeur will be the next opponent for the Belgian, who had to hold off two match points in her last round. Tunisian Jabeur, a 2021 quarterfinalist, defeated French adolescent Diane Parry with ease, 6-2, 6-3. Three Americans advanced in the men’s draw, one to the third round and two to the fourth
