Column: Why Wimbledon favorite Novak Djokovic can win anything but tennis fans’ love
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Column: Why Wimbledon favorite Novak Djokovic can win anything but tennis fans’ love

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Novak Djokovic reacts after winning the second set against Australia’s Jordan Thompson at Wimbledon on Wednesday. With Wednesday’s straight-sets victory over Jordan Thompson, the Serb moved closer to capturing his eighth Wimbledon title, tying Federer’s record, and 24th major overall, tying a record set by Margaret Court. Sports Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic withdraws from U.S. Open Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the U.S. Open. But when Murray finally ended Britain’s drought at Djokovic’s expense in 2013, I sensed none of the conflicted sympathies in the crowd that Murray’s loss to Federer had generated the year before.

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