Novak Djokovic continues to roll back the years at Wimbledon, a Grand Slam he has won seven times.
His most recent success at Wimbledon arrived back in 2022, when Djokovic came from behind to defeat Nick Kyrgios.
The Australian has been ruled out of this year’s Grand Slam, but the Serbian has stormed into the quarter-finals.
Djokovic has really impressed Andy Roddick with his current level, which has just helped him knock Alex de Minaur out of Wimbledon.
And his fellow Australian Kyrgios has also been left impressed by the 24-time Grand Slam champion, who he lost 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) to in the final three years ago.
What Nick Kyrgios has been telling his team about Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon
Asked if he thinks Djokovic can win Wimbledon ahead of his quarter-final with Flavio Cobolli, Kyrgios said on talkSPORT: “I was speaking about this to my team, I feel like he’s actually flown a little bit under the radar because of [Jannik] Sinner and the technology and everything that’s going on in the tournament.
“I feel like Djokovic is kind of playing some of the best tennis I’ve seen him play in the last couple of years here.
“He looks like his body is feeling really good, he looks injury-free, and I think he does believe that he can win it.
“I think that him flying under the radar and people kind of forgetting about him and everyone talking about [Carlos] Alcaraz and Sinner I do feel like Novak kind of feels like he can win it. Yeah, I think he can.”
Nick Kyrgios shares verdict on Ben Shelton ahead of Wimbledon clash vs Jannik Sinner
Unfortunately, unlike Djokovic, one player who was not able to stay fit during Wimbledon was Grigor Dimitrov.
He held a superb two-set lead over world number one Sinner in their round of 16 tie before devastatingly being forced to retire hurt.
The Italian progressed and meets American Ben Shelton in the quarter-finals, with Kyrgios also sharing his take on the three players in his latest analysis.
He said: “Shelton is an absolute animal. On TV he looks in incredible shape, but when you’re next to him, you really feel his presence. And he’s a big dude, and he’s exciting.
“He’s a bit rough around the edges, I like his story. And he gets the crowd involved, and he plays old school tennis, big serve, likes to come forward, likes to slice. He can definitely do some damage against Sinner.
“But again, I think Sinner was super fortunate. And I feel for Grigor Dimitrov. This is five Grand Slams in a row where he’s had to retire injured.
“And you start wondering is this the end of the line for Grigor? He’s been such a solid player over the last 10 to 15 years, it sucks.
“And he was completely all over Sinner, two sets to love up, playing some incredible tennis. Yeah, it was fair to say that Sinner was pretty fortunate to get through.”
Dimitrov was certainly close to pulling off a huge upset against Sinner, who had an injury scare of his own during their match.
He suffered an elbow issue after a fall against the Bulgarian, but the problem was not enough to force a retirement like his opponent.
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