Novak Djokovic won his 30th consecutive Grand Slam match, the third-longest streak in the history of men's tennis, to move into Wimbledon's third round.
Playing under the closed retractable roof at Centre Court while play was suspended elsewhere at the All England Club because of rain Wednesday, the No. 1-seeded Djokovic beat France's Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Djokovic overcame eight double-faults, including one to get broken while serving for the match at 5-4 in the third set. He also slipped and fell to his back while moving up to the net in the concluding tiebreaker but appeared to be OK.
Djokovic is the two-time defending champion at Wimbledon and has won the past four major tournaments, a run that began at the All England Club a year ago.
He is halfway to the first calendar-year Grand Slam for a man since Rod Laver did it in 1969. Laver won 29 consecutive matches during that stretch, which Djokovic has now surpassed, and earlier had a 31-match streak that included another calendar Grand Slam in 1962.
The longest winning streak at majors for a man is 37 matches, set by Don Budge from 1937-38. In 1938, he completed the only true Grand Slam other than Laver's pair.
