Djokovic advanced to the next round after a dominant win over Stan Wawrinka in their third-round clash at the ongoing Wimbledon championships
The match was a one-sided affair largely and Djokovic won it 6-3, 6-1, 7-6(5), as per ATP
With this, Djokovic also avoided the chance of the match being carried over to Saturday
After he won his second-round clash, Stan Wawrinka was not expecting at all to upset the second seed.
“Hopefully I can make a competitive match, but if you will look at recent results, I don’t really stand a chance,” he had said
In the round of 16, Djokovic will be playing 17th seed Hubert Hurkacz, who defeated 14th seed Lorenzo Musetti 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-4 earlier
The 23-time grand slam champion leads Wawrinka 21-6, head-to-head
This was their just third meeting since the final of the 2016 US Open, which the Swiss player won