With Roger Federer, an eight-time Wimbledon winner, sitting in the front row of the Royal Box, so little went right at the outset for the 38-year-old Djokovic on the grass below during a breezy afternoon with the temperature in the 60s Fahrenheit (teens Celsius), a week after matches were contested in record-breaking heat.

Alex de Minaur vs. Novak Djokovic Prediction, Odds for Wimbledon Round 4 (Can de Minaur Pull Off the Upset?) A lex de Minaur has become a dark horse contender to win this year's edition of Wimbledon, but he had his first true test ahead of him when he takes on Novak Djokovic in the fourth round.

The match started with one of the poorest sets the Serbian star has ever played and turned into an absorbing war of attrition as the Australian went “toe-to-toe with one of the greats”.