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Djokovic beats Nieminen to reach Wimbledon third round

Xinhua, July 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Defending champion Novak Djokovic rolled past Finland's Jarkko Nieminen in 34c heat to reach the third of the Wimbledon Championships here on Wednesday.

The top-seed Serb took one hour and 32 minutes to win 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 on Centre Court, setting up a third-round clash with Australia's 27th seed Bernard Tomic.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, last year's semi-finalist, also advanced with a 7-6 (10-8), 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) win over American Steve Johnson.

Earlier, Colombian Santiago Giraldo, ranked 60th in the world, became the first man to reach the third round after Japan's Kei Nishikori pulled out with a calf injury. Endi