Tennis-Djokovic returns to Wimbledon with stranglehold on men's game


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 24 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Serbia's Novak Djokovic holds the Wimbledon trophy after winning the 2019 final as Switzerland's Roger Federer is on a screen in the background Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 14, 2019. Adrian Dennis/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - It is almost two years since Novak Djokovic left Roger Federer crestfallen by edging a momentous Wimbledon final but as the tournament prepares to return after last year's cancellation, the men's game remains in the Serb's stranglehold.

Since that epic five-set victory, in which he saved two match points and won the first fifth-set tiebreak in a Wimbledon final, Djokovic has claimed three of the next six majors with Rafa Nadal bagging two and Dominic Thiem one.

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