The set-by-set breakdown of Novak Djokovic's four-set Wimbledon final triumph against Nick Kyrgios.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC vs NICK KYRGIOS - HOW THE WIMBLEDON FINAL UNFOLDED

Set One: Kyrgios 6-4

And to think it all began with a double fault from Djokovic .... An omen, perhaps? No fear, reckoned the Serb, as he ended up with a comfortable service hold. Kyrgios was not about to let the biggest occasion of his tennis life get to him as he offered up an under-arm delivery in his opening service game, which didn't seem to faze Djokovic one bit as he won the point. Later, Kyrgios unfurled his first 'tweener' for no good reason at all but for the sheer hell of doing it in a Wimbledon final. Then in the fifth game, the Australian struck like a viper, chucking in one disorientating drop shot and then cashing in for the break when Djokovic threw in another double. From there, it was plain sailing as the man from Canberra took the set in 31 minutes.

Set two: Djokovic 6-3

The real Djokovic began to flex his muscles, just as he did after going a set down to Cameron Norrie and two sets behind against Jannik Sinner in previous rounds. He got an outrageous net cord to seal his first break for 3-1, and then serving for the set at 5-3 had to withstand some Kyrgios magic as he delivered the winner of the match, a brilliant forehand chase down and pick up that skimmed across the net to leave the champion flailing on the turf. After an hour and 10 minutes, we're all square.

Set three: Djokovic 6-4

Amid some brilliant fare, Kyrgios won another dazzling point at 2-2, having to retreat to chase down a Djokovic lob, then unleashing a tweener that Djokovic could only net with a volley. The Australian managed to negotiate this way through a tough game but got warned for an audible obscenity from the chair umpire as his mood began to darken. Increasingly irritated by a female spectator, he tried to get her ejected, telling the umpire: "She's drunk out of her mind so kick her out. I know exactly who it is - she's the one who looks like she's had about 700 drinks, bro." At 3-3, Kyrgios boomed down a huge 131mph ace that left Djokovic sprawling on the floor but he rose like the indestructible knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail to then assert even more pressure. Kyrgios got to 40-0 up, serving at 4-4 but then imploded, got pulled back to deuce and coughed up a double fault before hitting a tame backhand into the net. Chuntering away to his box, the set was effectively done, his challenge fading.

Set four: Djokovic 7-6 (7-3)

Djokovic was holding serve with alarming comfort, the pressure all the time building up on his opponent. The tennis was still great, with Djokovic this time producing magic in the ninth game, latching on to a Kyrgios volley and hitting an astonishing backhand winner from an impossible angle. The Australian survived it to go on and force Djokovic into the breaker in which he was always on the backfoot after going for broke on the first point, serving a double fault with a wayward 123mph second serve to gift a mini-break. He saved a couple of match points but it was only delaying the inevitable as Kyrgios fired a backhand long as he finally succumbed after just over three hours.