/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71042820/usa_today_18621386.0.jpg)
Wimbledon is entering its second week with the Round of 16 underway in London. Top seed and three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic will be in action taking on unseeded Tim van Rijthoven. The match is scheduled to start at 11:45 a.m. ET on Centre Court and will air on ESPN. It will be available via live stream at WatchESPN.
Djokovic is a -2000 favorite in the match and a -200 favorite to win his fourth consecutive Wimbledon on DraftKings Sportsbook and van Rijthoven is a +950 underdog.
There has never been a head-to-head matchup between Djokovic and van Rijthoven. Djokovic has won Wimbledon six times (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021) and reached the round of 16 with a straight sets victory over Miomir Kecmanovic; 6-0, 6-3, 6-4.
Novak Djokovic with the lob to win the second set ‼️ pic.twitter.com/4ddhC24Jri
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 1, 2022
He has a 19-5 record this year and has been a finalist at the Australian Open and a semifinalist at the French Open this season.
Tim van Rijthoven is ranked 104 in the world. He received a wild card to get into Wimbledon, his first-ever appearance in a Grand Slam tournament. He advanced to the fourth round after a straight sets win over No. 22 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili. van Rijthoven is 30-13 this season with a 8-1 record on grass.
️ TIM
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) July 1, 2022
️ VAN
️ RIJTHOVEN
Get to know the breakout star of the grass season.#TheBreakTC | #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/ctVIPVUSlt