Novak Djokovic Tops Adrian Mannarino, Advances to 2017 Wimbledon Quarter-Finals

Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Tuesday as he eased past Adrian Mannarino in straight sets. 

The Serbian won 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in relative comfort, though he called for the physio twice to examine his right shoulder in the third set.

The world No. 2 enjoyed an electric start to the match as he raced to a 3-0 lead inside eight minutes.

Mannarino wasn't playing that badly—he was still able to make some nice shots, with his typically flat ground strokes particularly standing out—but there was simply a gulf in quality between the pair.

Metro's George Bellshaw hailed Djokovic's superb shot-making as he broke Mannarino a second time to take the set:

As he had in the opener, the 30-year-old quickly went 3-0 up in the second, taking the early break when Mannarino netted a backhand.

BBC 5 live's David Law believed it was yet to become a real contest:

That quickly changed, however, when Mannarino took advantage of a double fault to hit back and put the set back on serve, and a 25-shot rally epitomised the level of their competition.

Mannarino held on to force a tiebreak and went 4-2 up thanks to a deft backhanded volley, but an equally sublime drop shot from Djokovic and three consecutive unforced errors handed him two set points, the second of which he took with a non-returnable serve.

The Frenchman was almost broken in his opening service game once again in the third, but after earning two break points, a pair of errors from Djokovic allowed Mannarino to hold.

The 12-time Grand Slam winner grabbed a break at the next attempt, though, sealed with a marvellous passing backhand winner down the line. Eurosport's Tumaini Carayol enjoyed his enthusiastic celebration:

Djokovic's momentum was somewhat halted when his trainer had to be called twice in quick succession, though as tennis writer Tom Perrotta noted, it did not appear to be overly serious:

It did not stop him from seeing out the set, however. He eased his way to two match points, and while he failed to take both, he quickly took it at the third attempt when Mannarino blinked first during a lengthy rally.

Per BBC Sport, Djokovic discussed his injury after the match:

He also took issue with the playing surface as he had throughout the match with the umpire, per the New York Times' Christopher Clarey:

He will face Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals.