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      <title>‘Brick wall’ Djokovic, Murray eye Wimbledon third round</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LONDON: Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis attempts to demolish the “brick wall” of Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon on Wednesday while Andy Murray needs to defuse the big-serving threat of John Isner.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Six-time champion Djokovic, chasing a 21st Grand Slam title, defeated Kokkinakis in their only previous meeting at the French Open in 2015.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 26-year-old Australian still bears the scars even though it was seven years ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I’m going to swing free hopefully and play my game. He’s a brick wall, so you kind of got to beat him,” said the world number 79.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“He’s not going to beat himself.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kokkinakis won his first match at Wimbledon at the third attempt when he saw off Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Australian’s career has been stop-start with 18 months missed due a shoulder injury between 2015 and 2016 and all of 2020 because of mononucleosis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, he is not one to suffer stage fright.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At the Miami Masters in 2018 he made light of his lowly status as a 175th-ranked qualifier to stun defending champion Roger Federer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Earlier this year, Kokkinakis teamed up with Nick Kyrgios to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Emotional Ukraine clash&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Djokovic made the second round with a four-set win over South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo, becoming the first player, male or female, to register 80 wins at all four Grand Slam tournaments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Two-time champion Murray puts his 8-0 record against Isner on the line in their second-round clash.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Former number one Murray, now down at 52 in the world, needed four sets to defeat Australia’s James Duckworth on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At one point, the British star dropped in an underarm serve to carve out a winning point, much to the delight of the Centre Court crowd.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I don’t know why some people find it disrespectful,” said Murray.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Certainly more and more players have started returning from further behind the baseline now to give themselves an advantage to return.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“The underarm serve is a way of saying, If you’re going to step back there, then I’m going to possibly throw that in.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Despite his losing record against Murray, 37-year-old Isner has never played the Briton on grass.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He is confident he has the weapons at his disposal having fired 54 aces and 97 winners to knock out qualifier Enzo Couacaud on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I’m older than Andy so I’m no spring chicken, but I work hard,” said the American, who stands 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 metres) tall.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I don’t really care about results too much. I just try and enjoy myself at these amazing events that I get to play in throughout the world.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Third seed Casper Ruud and Spanish teen sensation Carlos Alcaraz aim for places in the last 32 for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;French Open runner-up Ruud tackles Ugo Humbert of France while Alcaraz, who needed five sets to get past Jan-Lennard Struff on Monday, meets Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There will be an emotional clash in the women’s second round as Lesia Tsurenko and Anhelina Kalinina meet in an all-Ukraine clash.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For Tsurenko, the tie represents a chance to remind the world that Ukraine still needs its support as well as “heavy weapons” to fight the Russian invasion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kalinina is using her prize money to donate to humanitarian aid in Ukraine, including her own family, whose home in Irpin was destroyed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“It matters if I win or lose,” said Kalinina, who would be guaranteed at least £120,000 ($146,000) with a win on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I’m helping as much as I can to the people that I even don’t know sometimes. I’m not a superstar, I’m just helping with what I can.”&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>LONDON: Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis attempts to demolish the “brick wall” of Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon on Wednesday while Andy Murray needs to defuse the big-serving threat of John Isner.</strong></p>
<p>Six-time champion Djokovic, chasing a 21st Grand Slam title, defeated Kokkinakis in their only previous meeting at the French Open in 2015.</p>
<p>The 26-year-old Australian still bears the scars even though it was seven years ago.</p>
<p>“I’m going to swing free hopefully and play my game. He’s a brick wall, so you kind of got to beat him,” said the world number 79.</p>
<p>“He’s not going to beat himself.”</p>
<p>Kokkinakis won his first match at Wimbledon at the third attempt when he saw off Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak on Monday.</p>
<p>The Australian’s career has been stop-start with 18 months missed due a shoulder injury between 2015 and 2016 and all of 2020 because of mononucleosis.</p>
<p>However, he is not one to suffer stage fright.</p>
<p>At the Miami Masters in 2018 he made light of his lowly status as a 175th-ranked qualifier to stun defending champion Roger Federer.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, Kokkinakis teamed up with Nick Kyrgios to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title.</p>
<p><strong>Emotional Ukraine clash</strong></p>
<p>Djokovic made the second round with a four-set win over South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo, becoming the first player, male or female, to register 80 wins at all four Grand Slam tournaments.</p>
<p>Two-time champion Murray puts his 8-0 record against Isner on the line in their second-round clash.</p>
<p>Former number one Murray, now down at 52 in the world, needed four sets to defeat Australia’s James Duckworth on Monday.</p>
<p>At one point, the British star dropped in an underarm serve to carve out a winning point, much to the delight of the Centre Court crowd.</p>
<p>“I don’t know why some people find it disrespectful,” said Murray.</p>
<p>“Certainly more and more players have started returning from further behind the baseline now to give themselves an advantage to return.</p>
<p>“The underarm serve is a way of saying, If you’re going to step back there, then I’m going to possibly throw that in.”</p>
<p>Despite his losing record against Murray, 37-year-old Isner has never played the Briton on grass.</p>
<p>He is confident he has the weapons at his disposal having fired 54 aces and 97 winners to knock out qualifier Enzo Couacaud on Monday.</p>
<p>“I’m older than Andy so I’m no spring chicken, but I work hard,” said the American, who stands 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 metres) tall.</p>
<p>“I don’t really care about results too much. I just try and enjoy myself at these amazing events that I get to play in throughout the world.”</p>
<p>Third seed Casper Ruud and Spanish teen sensation Carlos Alcaraz aim for places in the last 32 for the first time.</p>
<p>French Open runner-up Ruud tackles Ugo Humbert of France while Alcaraz, who needed five sets to get past Jan-Lennard Struff on Monday, meets Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands.</p>
<p>There will be an emotional clash in the women’s second round as Lesia Tsurenko and Anhelina Kalinina meet in an all-Ukraine clash.</p>
<p>For Tsurenko, the tie represents a chance to remind the world that Ukraine still needs its support as well as “heavy weapons” to fight the Russian invasion.</p>
<p>Kalinina is using her prize money to donate to humanitarian aid in Ukraine, including her own family, whose home in Irpin was destroyed.</p>
<p>“It matters if I win or lose,” said Kalinina, who would be guaranteed at least £120,000 ($146,000) with a win on Wednesday.</p>
<p>“I’m helping as much as I can to the people that I even don’t know sometimes. I’m not a superstar, I’m just helping with what I can.”</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:04:21 +0500</pubDate>
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