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Novak Djokovic outlasts dogged Lleyton Hewitt

Second seed Novak Djokovic needs three sets to beat Lleyton Hewitt in round three of the men's Olympic singles at Wimbledon.

Second seed Novak Djokovic needed three sets to beat Lleyton Hewitt in round three of the men's Olympic singles at Wimbledon this afternoon.

Australian Hewitt surprised much of the Centre Court crowd when he rolled back the years take the opening set 6-4 thanks to a single break.

The veteran continued to stay with the Serbian and cancelled out a service break in the second, but Djokovic broke again bring himself back on terms at 7-5.

Djokovic, who will take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Feliciano Lopez in the quarter-finals, proved too much in the third as he sealed the win 6-1.

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