Djokovic Eases Into Third Round

Novak Djokovic maintained his record of always reaching the third round at Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic maintained his record of always reaching the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6 defeat of American Amer Delic on Thursday.

The 20-year-old Serbian fourth seed, tipped as the man most likely to break the Federer-Nadal grand slam stranglehold, did not have things all his own way against the hard-serving Delic.

After winning the first set, courtesy of converting a solitary break point he was then pegged back after a lapse on serve at the start of the second.

Bosnia-born Delic, one of only three American men to reach the second round, could not sustain his challenge in the third set as Djokovic demonstrated his array of weapons.

Djokovic, a semi-finalist at the French Open earlier this month, was pushed all the way in the fourth set but came through the tiebreak unscathed.

He will play Germany's Nicolas Kiefer for a place in the fourth round.