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Lu loses, Djokovic on precipice amid rain

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 03, 2016
By: AP and Reuters, London

A Novak Djokovic fightback was halted by rain, Nick Kyrgios and Dustin Brown served up a spectacular encounter, Serena Williams took her frustration out on a racket and Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun lost in the doubles at the rain-drenched Wimbledon tournament, where the schedule was in disarray yesterday.

The most shocking development on Friday was what was going on in Djokovic’s third-round match against 28th-seeded Sam Querrey of the US before it was suspended because of showers in the evening.

Djokovic, owner of a 30-match Grand Slam winning streak that includes the past four major titles, allowed Querrey to seize the first two sets 7-6 (8/6), 6-1 during their 72 minutes of action. Given the way things were going for the No. 1-seeded Djokovic, he had to be thrilled that the match was halted, giving him a night to rest and regroup.     [FULL  STORY]

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