With Roger Federer, an eight-time Wimbledon winner, sitting in the front row of the Royal Box, so little went right at the outset for the 38-year-old Djokovic on the grass below during a breezy afternoon with the temperature in the 60s Fahrenheit (teens Celsius), a week after matches were contested in record-breaking heat.

Alex de Minaur vs. Novak Djokovic Prediction, Odds for Wimbledon Round 4 (Can de Minaur Pull Off the Upset?) A lex de Minaur has become a dark horse contender to win this year's edition of Wimbledon, but he had his first true test ahead of him when he takes on Novak Djokovic in the fourth round.

Alex de Minaur wowed the tennis world as he went agonisingly close to sending Novak Djokovic crashing out of Wimbledon. But at the end of the day it was another case of near enough not being good enough for the Aussie tennis player.