Novak Djokovic requests Ronnie O'Sullivan snooker lesson during Wimbledon downtime

Novak Djokovic revealed his love for snooker great Ronnie O'Sullivan - and he might sneak in a lesson on the baize before he looks to sink British wildcard Jacob Fearnley.

Snooker icon O'Sullivan watched from the Serbian's box as he cruised past Vit Kopriva 6-1 6-2 6-2 under the Centre Court roof yesterday.

Djokovic, 37, returned.for the first time since surgery on a torn meniscus which ended his French Open early last month.

But he might take time out of practising on the green grass of Wimbledon for the green baize of the snooker table with his new fan.

The seven-time winner said: "I'm his fan. I watch snooker just because of him. I watched when I was a kid. Honestly, I watched him play many years ago.

"My father loved watching snooker. I only watched Ronnie. Whenever he would not play, I would not watch. We just had a meet-up, an interaction for the first time. It was great.

"He was one of the sport greats I used to watch when I was a kid. It was really nice to have him around.

"Hopefully we're able to play some snooker 'cause I'm really bad at snooker. I'm okay at pool or billiards, but snooker, I tried it twice, and it's really, really tough."

Djokovic may struggle at snooker but he didn't against the Czech qualifier here as he got to test out his knee on the grass.

The Serb was wearing a grey sleeve support on his knee - which got past Wimbledon's strict all-white dress code - and did at times look to be protecting the joint.

But he said: "Obviously started a little bit more cautious, I would say. I didn't really maybe go for certain shots 100 per cent in terms of, like, the far balls at the first set.

"I felt like as the match progressed, I moved better. It was a good test."

Scot Fearnley - another looking to one day fill the void left by compatriot Andy Murray - beat Spaniard Alejandro Moro Canas 7-5 6-4 7-6 (14-12) to land a shot at Djokovic tomorrow.

The 22-year-old wildcard admitted he was feeling the pressure of knowing a debut win at SW19 would set up a dream tie with the tennis icon.

The Edinburgh man said: "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't watching the scores on Centre Court. It was getting in my head a little bit that I was going to have to play him.

"It's going to be a little bit intimidating, but it's a match that I'm super excited for. It's the biggest match of my career so far.

"Just to be able to share the court with a player like that will be really special."