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Thoughts on Wimbledon women's quarterfinals, Novak Djokovic's fourth-round win

Novak Djokovic's day-late victory, Jo Konta makes history, Venus Williams defies her age and more on the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

Jon Wertheim

Thoughts on Wimbledon women's quarterfinals, Novak Djokovic's fourth-round win
Thoughts on Wimbledon women's quarterfinals, Novak Djokovic's fourth-round win /

LONDON – Five thoughts on five matches on Tuesday at Wimbledon.

It occurred a day later than he had hoped, but Novak Djokovic rolled into the quarterfinals. At his Djokovic-i-est he had little issue with French lefty Adrian Mannarino. Djokovic played himself out of patchy second-set tiebreaker and then rolled 6-2, 7-6, 6-4. He could have played Monday night. He should have played Monday night. But his easy win on Tuesday should not impact his freshness against Tomas Berdych…against whom he is 25-2.

Read on for more thoughts on the women’s quarterfinals.

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Jon Wertheim
JON WERTHEIM

Jon Wertheim is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and has been part of the full-time SI writing staff since 1997, largely focusing on the tennis beat , sports business and social issues, and enterprise journalism. In addition to his work at SI, he is a correspondent for "60 Minutes" and a commentator for The Tennis Channel. He has authored 11 books and has been honored with two Emmys, numerous writing and investigative journalism awards, and the Eugene Scott Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Wertheim is a longtime member of the New York Bar Association (retired), the International Tennis Writers Association and the Writers Guild of America. He has a bachelor's in history from Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He resides in New York City with his wife, who is a divorce mediator and adjunct law professor. They have two children.

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