Djokovic eases to win

World number one Novak Djokovic made the most of the Centre Court roof to make it through to round three on a rain-hit day at Wimbledon.

The 2011 champion beat American Bobby Reynolds 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, 6-1, with the roof in action for the first time this week.

Reynolds who is ranked 156th in the world, was a game opponent and made the Serbian work hard for his win.

It was, however, a relatively straight forward day’s work for Djokovic, who won in one hour and 55 minutes, and will play Jeremy Chardy or Jan-Lennard Struff in the last 32.

“With the roof closed it was a bit different,” Djokovic told BBC Sport.

“I needed some time to adjust to the conditions and it was a bit slower than I expected, but I played well in the second and third sets.

“I think my game is there, I just need to capitalise on my opportunities. Today I was very poor on the break points but credit to my opponent, it was a nice match and I look forward to the next one.”

Reynolds’ defeat means  there will be no American man in the third round at Wimbledon for the first time since 1912.

Tomas Berdych, Juan Martin del Potro and Richard Gasquet made progress, but fourth seed David Ferrer did not make it on to Court One to play Roberto Bautista Agut before the rain arrived.

Seventh seed Berdych, the 2010 finalist, beat  German world number 57 Daniel Brands 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 6-2 with an impressive 55 winners.

Berdych will now play South African 27th seed Kevin Anderson, who beat Michal Przysiezny of Poland 6-4, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.

Del Potro, the eighth seed, beat Canada’s Jesse Levine 6-2 ,7-6 (9-7), 6-3 on Centre Court.

After the match he said:  “I am trying to go far but all the matches are difficult.

“The top guys are going out and it’s a very high level of tennis. 

“Now I will focus on my third round. It’s a big tournament and I like to play here, and I want to stay alive a few more days.”

The Argentine will next face the winner of the match between Grega Zemlja and Grigor Dimitrov, which was finely poised at 9-8 to Zemjla in the fifth set before the rain came.

Elsewhere, Australian Bernard Tomic beat veteran James Blake 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 to set up a third-round tie with ninth seed Gasquet. n