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Novak Djokovic, the 20-time Grand Slam champion, has some marvelous Wimbledon records marked under his name. To date, he has won six trophies in the grass-court Grand Slam, with three coming in consecutive years.

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Currently, Djokovic is eyeing his seventh Wimbledon title and is willing to further his streak of consecutive wins at the All England Club to four. With the Serb in the finals, he added another record to his name, which slipped out of many tennis fans’ attention, including his wife.

A fabulous record of Novak Djokovic

On Saturday, Djokovic advanced to the finals by defeating the local favorite, Cameron Norrie, at Centre Court. And by doing so, the Serb surpassed Nadal’s winning streak at Court Phillippe-Chatrier. Upon stumbling on this amazing stat, Djokovic’s wife Jelena wrote, I didn’t know that. Is that correct Wimbledon? Wow.”

Djokovic’s semifinals triumph brought him his 37th victory in the greens of the Centre Court. He outclassed former British No.1 in four sets of 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.

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Today, in the final, the 20-time Grand Slam champion will lock horns with the Australian tennis ace Nick Kyrgios who will play his first ever Grand Slam final. They will battle for the Gentlemen’s Singles Trophy at Centre Court and hence, Djokovic will have the chance to claim his first major trophy of this year and further extend his winning streak.

Djokovic’s next opponent

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While Novak Djokovic has several records and has been a dominant force on the fastest surface, the Aussie has also asserted his dominance during the grass-court season. He thrashed high caliber players such as the World No.5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the initial rounds at Wimbledon while reaching the latter stages in previous tournaments at Halle and Stuttgart.

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Therefore, it won’t be wrong to say that Kyrgios is lethal on grass. Further speaking about Djokovic’s performance against him. The former World No.1 has squared off against the Aussie twice and tasted defeat on both occasions.

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However, this will be their first meeting on grass and the match could highly favor the 35-year-old considering his almost unblemished record in the past few seasons.