When aiming to win a Grand Slam, you need every little thing to go in your favour.

One little bump in the road could prove the difference between success and failure.

Novak Djokovic was scheduled to have played his fourth round match against his French opponent Adrian Mannarino yesterday on Court One.

However, two epic contests involving Johanna Konta and Rafael Nadal saw Djokovic wait a lot longer than expected.

Djokovic had to wait until today to play his match against Mannarino, but the Serbian made comfortable work of the 51st player in the world, winning in straight sets 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-4.

While Djokovic lives to fight another day, the main point of contention is that why the match could not have been completed yesterday like all of the other fourth round matches on 'Manic Monday.'

The Centre Court sat vacant after Roger Federer dismantled Grigor Dimitrov, and John McEnroe was left bemused by the fact that it was not used in this situation.

"Why didn't they put it on Centre? It was clear it [the Nadal match] was going late.

"They had this golden opportunity to put Novak Djokovic on Centre Court. They kept changing their mind."

However, a Wimbledon official explained the reasons behind the decision.

"The safety and security of all visitors to The Championships is of paramount importance.

"The preference was to play the Djokovic v Mannarino match as scheduled on No.1 Court.

“When that was no longer an option, it was determined the match could not be moved to Centre Court due to the number of spectators remaining in the grounds."

The delay means that the world number four and second seed for the tournament has less time to prepare for his quarter-final against Czech star Tomas Berdych.

On the plus side, Djokovic was not engaged in a five set slugfest against his opponent and finished the job with a minimum of fuss.

The 12-time Major winner will undoubtedly now look to recover and rest his troublesome shoulder in the best possible fashion for tomorrow.

As far as his record against Berdych, it is one of the most remarkable on the ATP tour.

In 27 meetings, Djokovic has won 25 of them with the lone wins for Berdych coming in at the Rome Masters in 2013 and ironically in the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2010, where he won in straight sets on his way to his only Grand Slam final, where he lost to Rafa Nadal in three sets.

The 31-year-old is arguably in his best form of the 2017 season, and in the fourth round, he upset eighth seed Dominic Thiem in five sets.

While Novak will be the red hot favourite, Grand Slam tournaments like Wimbledon often produce the most remarkably of results.

That is what makes the sport so fascinating to watch.