World number one Novak Djokovic did not face a lot of troubles during his first round match at the Wimbledon 2013 Championships on Tuesday, beating Florian Mayer of Germany 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. The Serbian is now just three wins away from claiming a total of 150 match victories in Grand Slam tournaments. As of this writing, he has amassed 147-28.
“For the opening match of my grass-court season, it was a very satisfying performance,” said Djokovic.
“Even though I think that I can play better, for the first match it’s normal to expect that you’re still kind of finding your rhythm and adjusting to a new surface and new movement. Hopefully I can elevate my game as the tournament goes on.”
“Knowing his quality and knowing that we played in the quarter-finals last year gave me enough reason to obviously not underestimate him and respect the fact that I needed to be 100 per cent focused from the start and try to have the control of the match. I played well in important moments,” he added.
Djokovic avoided being the first top seed to lose at the Wimbledon opening round since 2003. Ten years ago, then-defending champion and top-ranked Lleyton Hewitt lost his opening match to Ivo Karlovic.
