With Roger Federer, an eight-time Wimbledon winner, sitting in the front row of the Royal Box, so little went right at the outset for the 38-year-old Djokovic on the grass below during a breezy afternoon with the temperature in the 60s Fahrenheit (teens Celsius), a week after matches were contested in record-breaking heat.

Wimbledon 2025 LIVE!Novak Djokovic’s quest for an eighth Wimbledon title continues today, as he is set to face Australia’s Alex de Minaur for a place in the quarter-finals. After struggling through his first-round tie with Alexandre Muller last week,

The match started with one of the poorest sets the Serbian star has ever played and turned into an absorbing war of attrition as the Australian went “toe-to-toe with one of the greats”.