- Defending champion wins 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in first round
- ‘This is the holy grail and the temple of tennis’
Novak Djokovic, the second seed and seven-time Wimbledon champion, was reduced to drying Centre Court’s grass with his own towel as a mishandled rain delay meant that he and his opponent, Pedro Cachin, had to wait for nearly an hour and a half until the grass was sufficiently dry.
Despite many potential distractions in his first match of the grass court season, Djokovic began another Wimbledon title run with a solid performance as he defeated Cachin 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4) to reach the second round.