LONDON, (Reuters) – American Sam Querrey survived two scares to complete the biggest shock at this year’s Wimbledon by toppling Grand Slam-chasing Novak Djokovic in the third round yesterday.
Resuming two sets to the good after rain halted his unlikely victory charge on Friday, Querrey lost the opening five games on Court One as Djokovic came out firing.
That was the first scary moment.
Then, amidst incredible tension when serving for the match at 6-5 in the fourth-set tiebreak, he gave world number one Djokovic a look at a second serve. That was the other one.
It all worked out well in the end, though, as 28th seed Querrey won 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 7-6(5) to become the first player to beat Djokovic in grand slam play since Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in the 2015 French Open final.
