Defending champion world No. 3 Novak Djokovic has launched a title defense campaign to reach the second round of the men’s Wimbledon Open, held on grass in Britain, considered one of the most prominent Grand Slam tournaments, after defeating his Korean by player Kwon Suwon in three sets of one set with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 in almost three hours of play, scoring the 22nd consecutive victory in the tournament. .
With this victory, Djokovic achieved new results, in particular:
17th consecutive win in the first round of Wimbledon, where he has never lost in this round.
In Grand Slam tournaments, this is his 66th win against just two losses in his 68 Grand Slam matches, all of which were in Australia (2005-2006).
Novak Djokovic is the first player in tennis history to achieve +80 wins in all four Grand Slam tournaments.
List of current players with the most appearances to win matches at Wimbledon, in order: 105 Roger Federer, 80 Novak Djokovic, 59 Andy Murray, 53 Rafael Nadal.
Contributed by Michel Assaf.
Source: El Iktisad