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World No 68 Pedro Cachin's tweet about Novak Djokovic from earlier this year resurfaced after the Argentine lost to the Serb at Wimbledon. On Monday, 28-year-old Cachin made his Wimbledon main draw debut. In his first Wimbledon main draw match - that he got to play on the Centre Court - Cachin actually competed well against Djokovic but the defending champion still won in straight sets 6-3 6-3 7-6 (4).
After Djokovic demolished Andrey Rublev in this year's Australian Open quarterfinal 6-1 6-2 6-4, Cachin tweeted that Djokovic was just different. "It's not tennis that Nole plays, we play tennis. Don't be confused kids please!" Cachin tweeted in January.
'He doesn't tweet much, but Cachin felt the need to post on January 25, the date Djokovic beat Andrey Rublev in straight sets on his way to win a 10th Australian Open title. "It's not tennis that Nole plays," he wrote. "We play tennis.
Don't be confused, kids!"#djokovic𓃵 pic.twitter.com/QlhJozGEa4 — C Kristjánsdóttir ●🐊 (@CristinaNcl) July 4, 2023
Djokovic praised Cachin
Cachin maybe didn't manage to upset Djokovic but he definitely didn't embarrass himself with his performance.
Moments after the match was over, Djokovic took a moment to praise Cachin. “I think Pedro deserves a round of applause for his performance today. Especially in the third set, he was hitting very well. Hitting his spots in the box extremely precisely, and it was not easy to break his serve.
We went toe to toe to the tie-break, and I had a better start to the tie-break. I guess that helped me to win the tie-break and close out the match," Djokovic said in his on-court interview. Meanwhile, Djokovic kept his unbeaten streak at Wimbledon since 2017 going.
After beating Cachin, Djokovic admitted it wasn't his best performance but also added he didn't really expect to be playing his absolute best in his opener. "It was a solid performance. I know I can always play better, but at the same time after a long clay court season, coming into Wimbledon without any preparation tournament, lead-up event, any official match on grass, it was kind of expected I still would probably not be in my 100% of the level of my tennis," Djokovic said.