LONDON: Novak Djokovic’s Wimbledon preparations were hampered yesterday as rain ruined his Eastbourne second round clash with Vasek Pospisil.
Djokovic took a wild card entry into the Wimbledon warm-up event on the south-coast in a bid to ensure he is up to speed in time for the grass-court Grand Slam, which gets underway on Monday.
The 30-year-old crashed to a shock French Open quarter-final defeat against Dominic Thiem and has not won one of the four majors since last year at Roland Garros.
Djokovic has not played a competitive tournament between the French Open and Wimbledon since 2010, but the 12-time Grand Slam champion is desperate to find his form after a wretched run in 2017.
But the Serb was left kicking his heels after the weather wrecked play yesterday When the former world number one took to the court at Devonshire Park he held serve at the start of the first set and was leading 30-15 in the second game, only for rain to start falling.