World Sport News

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have reached the third round of the prestigious Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon almost in step.

Only a few minutes after French Open winner Nadal had left Kazakh Michail Kukuschkin with 6:4, 6:3, 6:4 no chance, the Serb Djokovic also won his duel with the Argentinian Horacio Zeballos 6:1, 6:2, 6:3.

Shortly before, there had been the next early fall of the favourites at the grass major in London. Last year’s finalist Marin Cilic (Croatia/No. 3) lost 6:3, 6:1, 4:6, 6:7 (3:7), 5:7 against the Argentinian Guido Pella. 6:3, 6:1, 4:6, 6:7 (3:7), French Open finalist Dominic Thiem (Austria/No. 7) and David Goffin (Belgium/No. 10) had already failed three other top 10 players early, among the women even their five had failed before the Croatian with the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrow.