Novak Djokovic Grinds out a Victory Over Wild Card Jacob Fearnley at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic Grinds out a Victory Over Wild Card Jacob Fearnley at Wimbledon
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after winning a point against Britain's Jacob Fearnley during their second round match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on July 4, 2024. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo
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LONDON—Novak Djokovic says he wouldn’t have been surprised if his second-round match against young Jacob Fearnley at Wimbledon went to a fifth set, but he’s “very glad it didn’t.”

The seven-time champion at the All England Club beat his 22-year-old Scottish opponent 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 on Centre Court on Thursday in another test of his fitness following recent knee surgery.