Novak Djokovic in vintage form to dismantle Stefanos Tsitsipas at Wimbledon

[p]The 39-year-old eased to a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/djokovic-n-AZg49Et9/tsitsipas-s-hb6oWfc6/?mid=CQ7gtFZ9"]6-3, 6-4, 6-2[/a] win under the Centre Court roof to maintain his latest bid for a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title and record-equalling eighth Wimbledon triumph.[/p][p]The Serb will next face French 25th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rinderknech-arthur/pIxZZsof/"]Arthur Rinderknech[/a] on Friday for a place in the second week.[/p][p]"[b]I like the terminology 'vintage', it brings back the best days and you feel very satisfied and joyful on the court when you're playing this way[/b]," said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/djokovic-novak/AZg49Et9/"]Djokovic[/a] after being asked if it was a "vintage" performance.[/p][embed guid="c9311808-cba2-44cf-8439-81d9cf9a1e68" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2072419032871960804" social-type="twitter" /][p]Djokovic is bidding to become the oldest player to win a men's Grand Slam singles title in the Open era, but does not think his age is holding him back.[/p][p]"[b]I try not to take these moments for granted playing on Centre Court of a childhood dream tournament[/b]," he said.[/p][p]"[b]I feel very privileged to be walking out on the court at age 30 plus and I don't think it's a cliche, I actually believe age is just a number, I think it's true[/b]."[/p][p]Title favourite [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner[/a], in the same half of the draw as Djokovic, has shown signs of frailty in both his opening matches.[/p][p]Djokovic struggled at times against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wu-yibing/8ASNvPfK/"]Wu Yibing[/a] in the first round, but was at his clinical best as he romped to a 12th successive win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tsitsipas-stefanos/hb6oWfc6/"]Tsitsipas[/a], a former world number three now languishing at 87th in the ATP rankings.[/p][p]He won 88 percent of points behind his first serve, saved all five break points he faced, smashed 33 winners and made just seven unforced errors.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="cf62dda9-fd40-44e7-b40f-ad1e237ed297" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="b3117413-01c6-4a33-810e-57364af3d52e" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]If he can maintain that level, Djokovic will be a real contender to move clear of Margaret Court for the Grand Slam singles record, and tie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/federer-roger/GrsQDFC0/"]Roger Federer[/a] for most men's Wimbledon crowns.[/p][p]Djokovic, the seventh seed, served out his 104th match win at Wimbledon after recovering from 15-40 down, never giving Tsitsipas a sniff of a comeback.[/p][p]Greek Tsitsipas is a shadow of the player who reached two Grand Slam finals, losing both to Djokovic, and has not reached the third round of a major since losing in the 2024 French Open quarter-finals to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a].[/p][p]Djokovic broke once in each of the first two sets before unveiling his full range of shots in the third.[/p][embed guid="7255375e-23e1-46bc-829f-bf2d30c3c600" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2072411736506822954" social-type="twitter" /][p]His jovial mood was summed up by an exchange with a ball-girl after the second set, when he asked her to cut a tag off his t-shirt before jokingly pretended she had cut his arm.[/p][p]During his post-match interview, the beaming former world number one also challenged Rory McIlroy, who was watching on from the royal box, to a tennis match for the golf star's Masters green jacket.[/p][infobox id="e4d8200d-597f-48d7-83c2-d394f1217426" /]