Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic Cruises Into Fourth Round
Top seed Djokovic made the last 16 for the seventh successive year by routing Bernard Tomic of Australia 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on the back of 15 aces and 38 winners.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic and 2004 winner Maria Sharapova swept into the Wimbledon fourth round Friday as controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios bolstered his reputation as the next generation's brightest star. (Wimbledon standstill for Tunisia Massacre Victims)
Top seed Djokovic made the last 16 for the seventh successive year by routing Bernard Tomic of Australia 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on the back of 15 aces and 38 winners. (Slumping Rafael Nadal set for first slam-less year since 2005)
The Serb then faced a different challenge as he walked off Centre Court when he was asked to autograph the prosthetic leg of a wheelchair-bound fan. (On centre court, a Sublime Federer and a Faltering Nadal)
"The gentleman gave me his artificial leg...I want to be politically correct about it," smiled the 29-year-old Djokovic who next faces South Africa's Kevin Anderson. (Sharapova reaches Wimbledon last 16)
"I gave him my signature. I hope it will make him feel better."