Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner advance with comfortable wins

Djokovic has played a limited schedule over the course of 2026, but he rolled back the years to beat his old rival Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

For the seven-time Wimbledon champion to continue to produce performances of this quality at the age of 39 is quite remarkable, and on a day when Jannik Sinner looked below his best once again, Djokovic is emerging as a strong contender to challenge him for the Wimbledon title.

Djokovic will now face big-serving Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech and he suggested his form is building as he looks to book his place in the second week once again.

"I like the terminology 'vintage', it is nice because it brings back the best days," said Djokovic when he was told about the word used to describe his performance.

"Obviously you feel very happy, satisfied and joyful on the court when you are playing this way. Once I got that momentum going two sets to love up, that game when I went 5-2 up was one of the best return games I've played in a while.

"I just went for my shots, I was obviously a bit more relaxed, and I felt a bit less tension in my head in terms of overthinking how to anticipate his serve. His serve was really strong and precise for a set and a half, so one break of serve was enough in the first two sets.

"After that, I started to read his serve a bit better and he missed quite a few first serves in the third set, which gave me a look in on the second serve.

"It was nice to be playing another indoor Wimbledon match, I guess. I'm looking forward to playing an outdoor game, hopefully, in the next round."

"I'm feeling great. I've said this so many times before that I try not to take these moments for granted when playing on the Centre Court of Wimbledon.

"It was the childhood dream tournament, I've always said that and it has always stayed as that. I feel very privileged to be walking out on this court at age 30 plus. I don't think it's a cliche because I actually believe it is true, but age is just a number."

Elsewhere, defending champion Sinner notched a hard-fought 7-6(4), 7-6(2), 6-4 second-round triumph against Nuno Borges. The world number was better in the big moments, including when Borges served for the second set at 5-4, and booked a third-round meeting with Jenson Brooksby.

"The first set was very tough, but in the first set we were [both] serving very well so there were not a lot of long exchanges," Sinner said in his on-court interview.

"Overall, in these kinds of matches where you don't have a lot of control, I'm very happy to win. Especially on this surface, I now have two wins [this week]. Of course we will see what's coming, but I'm very happy about the result. A couple of things we need to improve, but I'm very happy."

Third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime eased past Dino Prizmic 7-6(2), 6-3, 7-5 and eighth seed Daniil Medvedev also booked his third-round berth when he rallied past Daniel Merida 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.

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