2012 Olympic tennis event<\/a> on Wednesday after beating Australia\u2019s Lleyton Hewitt on a packed Wimbledon Centre Court.<\/strong><\/p>\nNole came back from a set down to record a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over former world no.1 in
\n1 hour and 56 minutes.<\/p>\n
He capitalised on four of his seven break point chances and won 21 of 30 points on the net.<\/p>\n
Hewitt got off to a strong start in the opening set. He made a break in the ninth game and sealed it 6-4 in 40 minutes.<\/p>\n
Novak took control in the second set and was always ahead of his opponent, keeping him consistently on the run. He was serving at 5-3, but Hewitt broke back. The Australian was unable to hold his serve in the crucial 12th game, and Nole took the set 7-5.<\/p>\n
Djokovic won five straight games from 1-1 in the deciding set for his sixth straight win over Hewitt in seven career meetings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was trying to focus on my game and trying to see what I could do to get into his serve,\u201d<\/strong> said Novak. \u201cHe was serving really well, with a lot of efficiency. I just needed to step in a bit. That\u2019s what I did and I changed the momentum in the middle of the second set when I made a break. He broke back, but I felt I got back into the match.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nMatch statistics<\/span>: aces (16-5), double faults (3-1), winners (37-24), unforced errors (14-10), total points won (87-76).<\/p>\nThe 25-year-old Serbian star will play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the semi-finals.<\/strong><\/p>\nFifth-seeded Frenchman defeated\u00a0<\/strong>no.29 in the ATP rankings Feliciano Lopez of Spain
\n7-6(5), 6-4.<\/p>\nDjokovic and Tsonga have met 11 times, Nole leads 6-5.<\/p>\n
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