NOVAK TO FLEX MUSCLES

NOVAK DJOKOVIC is confident he will be ready for his third-round clash at Wimbledon after suffering an injury scare in his win over Horacio Zeballos.

The three-time Wimbledon champion expects to shrug off a minor muscle problem ahead of facing Britain’s Kyle Edmund tomorrow.

The 31-year-old swept past Argentina’s Zeballos 6-1 6-2 6-3 in one hour 31 minutes on Court Two, then called his muscle twinge “nothing major”.

Asked if he had any doubts about being fit for the next round Djokovic said: “No. I’ve been doing check-ups now, it seems like nothing major.

“It was a bad move during the point. It affected my knee a little bit. I felt it all the way to the end of the match basically, the last couple of games.

“Tomorrow I’ll see on the practice session how it feels. Hopefully it’s going to be fine. It’s most likely a twitch. Hopefully it’s nothing that will concern me, so I’ll be able to perform.”

Djokovic stepped out on Court Two for the first time in almost a decade at Wimbledon as organisers switched up those featuring in the main arenas but the 12-time major champion relished the experience.

He said: “What was different was the walk to the court. With the crowd, everybody cheering you on, wishing you luck and after the match congratulating you.

“That was quite special. I haven’t experienced that in a while at Wimbledon.”