Novak Djokovic vs Hubert Hurkacz LIVE – Wimbledon conflict below risk of curfew

Wimbledon is ready for an additional late evening on Centre Court as Novak Djokovic faces his hardest take a look at of the event within the fourth spherical towards Hubert Hurkacz. Djokovic has had a straightforward time of it thus far within the defence of his Wimbledon title, not dropping a single set in his first three matches.

But Hurkacz is anticipated to supply a a lot more durable take a look at for the No 2 seed and Djokovic already is aware of what to anticipate having confronted the Pole at Wimbledon again in 2019. He mentioned: “It was a close match because he serves extremely powerful and good. He covers the court very well. He has very long arms.

“When he involves the online, he has an excellent feeling on the internet. He closes the online very effectively. He performs quite a lot of doubles as effectively. He’s had some excellent success in doubles. He’s comfy additionally to play from the again of the court docket defending. For a really tall man he defends effectively, even slides. He is available in and covers the online very effectively.

“Just overall very complete player. I don’t see too many holes in his game really. So I know that’s going to definitely be the toughest challenge for me of the tournament so far. He didn’t drop a set so far in the tournament. I saw how he was playing. He’s very comfortable playing on grass. He beat Federer here some years ago. He’s a player that doesn’t mind playing on a big stadium.”

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