Saved by the rain, Djokovic's hopes hanging by a thread


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 02 Jul 2016

Britain Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England - 1/7/16 Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his match against USA's Sam Querrey REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

LONDON (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic's hopes of a calendar year grand slam were hanging by a thread as he slipped two sets down to big-serving American Sam Querrey before rain stopped their Wimbledon third- round clash on Friday.

On an infuriating day of rain delays, world number one Djokovic had to wait until nearly 7pm local time to walk out on Court One and little more than an hour later he walked off trailing 7-6(6) 6-1 to the 28th seed.

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