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Jamie Braidwood

Who is Jacob Fearnley? The Wimbledon wildcard facing Novak Djokovic

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The question of how do you beat Novak Djokovic was one Jacob Fearnley admitted he did not have the answer to, one he would not lose any sleep over trying to figure out. Because how could you, really, prepare for a match against the greatest of all time, an opponent without flaws, apart from the compression strapping around his right knee. Why worry about the occasion of walking out onto Centre Court against the seven-time Wimbledon champion, when you’ve only played won challengers and college matches in the United States, experiences that are incomparable to this.

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