Wimbledon 2022 Men's Singles Final Highlights: Djokovic beats Kyrgios to win his seventh Wimbledon crown
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 10, 2022, 22:12:50 IST
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Wimbledon 2022 Men's Singles Final Highlights: Djokovic beats Kyrgios to win his seventh Wimbledon crown

Wimbledon 2022 Men's Final: Novak Djokovic beat unseeded Australian Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3) to win his seventh Wimbledon title on Sunday. The Serbian top seed won a fourth successive title at the All England Club to take his overall Grand Slam tally to 21. Stay updated with Times of India to get all the live score updates of Wimbledon 2022 Men's Singles Final match between Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios.
18:49 (IST) Jul 10
Set 1: Djokovic holds to lead 2-1 vs Kyrgios
Another good service game from the defending champion Djokovic, giving away just one point to Kyrgios in it. No early service breaks so far in the big final.
18:46 (IST) Jul 10
Set 1: Kyrgios holds, 1-1 vs Djokovic
Big serving Nick Krygios raced to 40-0 in no time, which included a 125m/h ace on second serve. But on the expected lines, Kyrgios went for an underarm serve at that stage and gave away a point to Djokovic. Djokovic won another point after that but Kyrgios made sure there were no more hiccups and wrapped up the game with another big serve.
18:42 (IST) Jul 10
Set 1: Djokovic wins the first game, 1-0 vs Kyrgios
Novak Djokovic started with a double fault, but recovered quickly to win the first game of the final. It also included an ace from the six-time champion. Finally a long return from Kyrgios gave the game to Djokovic.
18:36 (IST) Jul 10
WATCH: Djokovic and Kyrgios walking out from the locker rooms
18:34 (IST) Jul 10
Now, it's time for the warm-up before the grand finale begins...
18:33 (IST) Jul 10
TOSS! Nick Kyrgios wins the toss, opts to receive
18:31 (IST) Jul 10
Huge roar from the fans as the two finalists walk out into the playing field.
18:29 (IST) Jul 10
Here we go...Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic walk out into the Centre Court from the players' locker rooms
18:25 (IST) Jul 10

He's [Kyrgios] a big-match player. The best tennis he's played is always against the top guys. That's why we all respect him, because we know what he can come up with. I'm glad that he's in the final because he's got so much talent.

Novak Djokovic

18:20 (IST) Jul 10
Djokovic, 35, believes his experience could be crucial against a player whose previous best performance at the Slams were quarter-final runs at Wimbledon in 2014 and the Australian Open the following year.
18:14 (IST) Jul 10
Djokovic is in his eighth Wimbledon final and record 32nd at all the majors. He has not lost at the tournament since 2017. He is chasing a seventh title to pull level with Pete Sampras and sit one behind Roger Federer's men's record of eight. Victory would take him to 21 Grand Slams, one ahead of Federer and one behind Nadal.
18:05 (IST) Jul 10
Who will win today - Djokovic or Kyrgios?
18:01 (IST) Jul 10
* Victory today would make Kyrgios only the third unseeded man to lift the trophy after Boris Becker in 1985 and Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
17:53 (IST) Jul 10
* Kyrgios knows how to beat Djokovic, winning their only two meetings in 2017 in Acapulco and Indian Wells without dropping a set.
17:48 (IST) Jul 10
Kyrgios @ Wimbledon 2022
Kyrgios, bidding to become Australia's first Grand Slam men's champion since Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon 20 years ago, has been box office on and off the court at the All England Club. In a campaign of all-out attack, he has fired a tournament-leading 120 aces, 292 winners, the second-fastest serve of 137 miles (220 kilometres) per hour while being broken only six times. But he has picked up $14,000 in fines, spat in the direction of fans and was even accused of having an "evil side" and being a "bully" by third-round rival Stefanos Tsitsipas. He also has the added distraction of a court appearance in Australia next month, related to an allegation of assault.
17:40 (IST) Jul 10
The maverick Australian crowd-pleaser is in his first Slam final at the age of 27 after a roller-coaster career. There have been tempestuous outbursts, spats with players, officials and media and fines that he has previously estimated have cost him $500,000.
17:34 (IST) Jul 10
In the last year, Novak Djokovic has experienced the highest of tennis highs, coming within one match of winning a rare calendar-year Grand Slam and the lowest of lows, including detainment and deportation after he arrived in Melbourne in January to try to defend his Australian Open title. On Sunday, he will get a chance to win a seventh Wimbledon singles title against an opponent, Nick Kyrgios of Australia, that few, including Kyrgios himself, thought would ever find the mental strength required to arrive at the biggest stage in the sport.
17:26 (IST) Jul 10
The final preparations before the grand finale
17:25 (IST) Jul 10
Kyrgios can become one of Wimbledon's most controversial champions today when he faces Djokovic in a final set to showcase flamboyant shotmaking punctuated by likely dark mood swings.
17:18 (IST) Jul 10
STATS: Djokovic vs Kyrgios