Ons Jabeur breezes into Wimbedon fourth round

Tunisian Ons Jabeur breezed through her latest match at Wimbledon to book a place in the fourth round and warned her rivals more is to come.

A 6-2 6-3 win over Diane Parry in 68 minutes was the longest amount of time Jabeur has spent on court at the All England Club this summer, and means she has only played a little more than three hours in SW19 so far.

The third seed was in superb touch against her French opponent and showed her full repertoire of tricks on Centre Court with several trademark drop shots able to help her into the last-16.

In the men’s competition, Novak Djokovic comfortably reached the last 16 at Wimbledon on Friday while Maria Sakkari became the sixth top-10 women's seed to crash out in the first week.

Three-time defending champion Djokovic demolished Serbian compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 to stay on course to pull level with Pete Sampras as a seven-time champion, one behind Roger Federer's men's record.

“So far, so good,” said the 35-year-old top seed after beating a player who described him as his “idol”.

“I expect high standards from myself. You always want to raise the level and things are shaping up well.”

Australia's Nick Kyrgios returns to Serbia's Filip Krajinovic on his way to a straight-sets victory in their second-round singles match on day four of the Wimbledon Championships in London, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. AP

Waiting in the fourth round is Dutch wild card Tim van Rijthoven.

Back in the women’s draw, Elise Mertens, who downed former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber 6-4 7-5, stands between Jabeur and a place in the quarter-finals.

Jabeur, one of the favourites for the title, said: “Hopefully I will be even better for the next matches.

“I am playing the tennis that I