Three-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic beat Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-3 in his first grasscourt match of the season to reach the quarter-finals at Eastbourne.

Having played only 13 points due to rain on Tuesday, the 30-year-old Serb returned to Devonshire Park to record his 25th win of the season.

“I’m glad that I came here to Eastbourne,” Djokovic, who is playing his first grasscourt warm-up tournament ahead of the Championships since 2010, said after the match.

“I have had a great couple of days of training with good players, different styles of game. I felt good on the court, considering it’s the first match. I have played against an opponent that has a really good game for grass. It was a really, really solid win, I’m happy with it.”

Djokovic, who suffered a quarter-final exit at the French Open, is hoping to adapt to the conditions in as many matches he can play this week at Devonshire Park ahead of the third grand slam of the year, starting on July 3.

“Well, I think the first thing I’m looking for is to experience that match play…Mentally, physically, tactically, every way you look at it,” said Djokovic.

“The movement is very different from clay or hard court. You’ve got to be very soft, very gentle, but yet very reactive.”

Djokovic, who will have coach Andre Agassi in his corner for the Wimbledon fortnight, said he is communicating with the American on a daily basis as they get to know each other.

“He (Agassi) shares his thoughts. He obviously wants me to share what I feel and how I see things…and getting a sense of how we go about tennis, about life, and what are our perspectives and analysis of the match are,” he said.

Djokovic will next meet Donald Young, who beat fellow American Jared Donaldson 6-4 7-5.

In first round action Frenchman Richard Gasquet came back from the brink to defeat rising American star Frances Tiafoe 5-7 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.