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Even Djokovic knew he wasn’t at his best in Wimbledon debut

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By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s play was not particularly perfect at Wimbledon. Even he acknowledged as much. He got broken early as he began his bid for a fourth consecutive championship and seventh overall at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. He recovered to take that set, then dropped the next. He slipped and fell to the grass. He accumulated more unforced errors than his opponent. Maybe he was a bit under the weather. He grabbed tissues from a black box on the sideline and blew his nose. Maybe he was simply a bit off, not having played a match that mattered in nearly a full month. But he did beat South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

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