London 2012 Olympics: Novak Djokovic made to work for win

Novak Djokovic had to come from a set down to beat Italy’s Fabio Fognini on a frustrating day of Olympic tennis at Wimbledon.

Heavy showers throughout the day prevented all but a couple of hours of play on any court except Centre, and Djokovic on Court One was among those badly affected. The second seed, who carried Serbia’s flag in the opening ceremony on Friday, looked uncomfortable with his footing on the grass and was tied at 7-7 in the first set 
tie-break when the heavens opened again.

The match did not resume until the evening, when Djokovic promptly lost the first two points and the set, but he began the second well and, in the end, the slippery conditions hampered Fognini more, with one heavy fall at the start of the third leaving the Italian struggling.

Djokovic capitalised and polished off a 6-7 (7/9), 6-2, 6-2 victory to set up a second-round clash with either Andy Roddick of the US or Slovakia’s Martin Klizan.

Fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was also in a spot of bother against 
Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci, before coming through 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-4.