Overview
- Djokovic beat Arthur Rinderknech 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4) at Centre Court on Friday to reach the fourth round and equal Roger Federer’s men’s record of 105 Wimbledon singles wins.
- Rinderknech hit 35 winners in the opening two sets and dominated the third set before Djokovic steadied himself and closed the match in a tense fourth-set tie-break.
- Earlier in the tournament Djokovic produced a straight-sets win over Stefanos Tsitsipas that raised his level ahead of the test from Rinderknech.
- He will next face qualifier Roman Safiullin, who defeated Joao Fonseca 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 and who arrived at Wimbledon coming off 2025 injuries and without a tour-level win this year.
- Only Martina Navratilova (120 Wimbledon wins) has more singles victories at SW19, and Djokovic’s 105th win keeps alive his chase of Federer’s eight Wimbledon titles and the wider conversation about all-time tennis records.