Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic cruises into semifinals, beats Marton Fucsovics in straight sets

Top-seed Novak Djokovic cruised into the semifinals at Wimbledon 2021 with a straight-set 6-3,6-4,6- win over Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics on Wednesday.

The World No.1 started off in convincing fashion, bagging the first set 6-3 in just 42 minutes. He broke Fucsovics twice to race to a 5-0 lead. However, he had to deal with a period of Fucsovics dominance, who pulled back a break to reduce the deficit to 3-5. However, the Serbian decided it was enough and closed out the set in game nine.

The second set was more neck-to-neck as both players traded holds until 4-4. Djokovic eventually broke Fucsovics in game 10, after holding his serve in game 9, to take a 2-0 lead.

Thirty-four-year-old Djokovic began the final set of the match by breaking his 29-year-old opponent’s serve in the first game. He then saved multiple breakpoints in the next game to consolidate the hold and go up 2 games to love.

The quarterfinalists held their serves thereafter as the 19-time Grand Slam champions drew curtains on the game by clinching the final set 6-4.