Djokovic won his 13th Grand Slam title, and now trails behind Rafael Nadal (17) and Roger Federer (20) among active players.
The Serbian tennis star won his fourth Wimbledon title as he eased past Kevin Anderson in straight sets. Novak Djokovic won 6-2 6-2 7-6 to lift his 13th Grand Slam title.
Djokovic dominated Anderson early in the match, and broke him twice as he clinched the first set 6-2. Kevin Anderson looked visibly exhausted, coming on the back of a marathon six hour match against John Isner.
Kevin Anderson pulled up a fight in the third set, but came short in the tie-breaker as Novak Djokovic held his nerve to win 7-3.
With this win, Novak Djokovic won his first Grand Slam title since over two years. He last won the French Open in 2016, where he beat UK’s Andy Murray.
Here are some of the tweets from the match:
🇷🇸⚫️Novak Djokovic career Slams, Masters, WTFs⚫️🇷🇸
🐨—🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
🌴—🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
🐬—🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
🎲—🏆🏆
🐂—🏆🏆
🍝—🏆🏆🏆🏆
🐌—🏆
🍓—🏆🏆🏆🏆
🍁—🏆🏆🏆🏆
🎢—…
🗽—🏆🏆
🍜—🏆🏆🏆
🎪—🏆🏆🏆🏆
☔️—🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆#Wimbledon— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) July 15, 2018
If Croatia win the World Cup on the same day that Djokovic wins Wimbledon, then it’s quite a day for the former Yugoslavia.
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) July 15, 2018
Most Grand Slam titles – Men's Singles
Federer, 20
Nadal, 17
Sampras, 14
Djokovic, 13
Emerson, 12This is a decent generation.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 15, 2018
The lesson of tennis this decade? Never, ever, count the greats out. #Federer #Nadal #Serena #Venus #Djokovic #Wimbledon
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) July 15, 2018
Anderson: 'I would have given another 21 hours to have the opportunity to fight here. It really meant a lot to me.'
— George Bellshaw (@BellshawGeorge) July 15, 2018
Djokovic: 'It feels amazing because for the first time in my life I have someone screaming "daddy, daddy!"'
— George Bellshaw (@BellshawGeorge) July 15, 2018
Novak Djokovic wins his 13🏆major and is officially back.👏🏻👏🏻The Big 3 have now shared all three majors this year which will make the Us Open even more exciting and important.
— Greg Rusedski (@GregRusedski1) July 15, 2018
Wimbledon titles:
Novak Djokovic – 4
John McEnroe – 3
Boris Becker – 3Huh.
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) July 15, 2018
Novak remains just one Cincinnati title (🎢, where he's made the final five times) away from completing the Djokémon. #gottacatchemall
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) July 15, 2018
Novak’s son yelling « Tata ! Tata ! » from the box. Cuteness attack
— Carole Bouchard (@carole_bouchard) July 15, 2018
Roger, Rafa, Novak. So Andy’s gonna win US Open. It’s not magic. It’s complicated science.
— Courtney Nguyen (@FortyDeuceTwits) July 15, 2018
It seems Novak Djokovic doesn't want to miss the start of the #FIFA #WorldCupfinal#Wimbledon#WorldCup#WimbledonFinal
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 15, 2018
I will say this – 6 straight slams won by RF & RN, and the streak is broken by… Novak. These guys are all over 30 now and still no one else can break through. They are all incredible champions and living legends but… yeah. It’s a little strange.
— Samsterer🌷20 (@mastersofsets) July 15, 2018
