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Novak Djokovic put in his best performance yet in the third round of the Australian Open yesterday. The tennis superstar clearly defeated the Argentinian Tomas Etcheverry 6:3, 6:3, 7:6 (2) after 2:28 hours and remained undefeated for the 31st time in a row in his 100th game at Melbourne Park. Unlike the first two rounds, he didn’t lose a set.
Djokovic is aiming for his 25th Grand Slam title at the first major of the year; he has already won ten times in Australia. Jannik Sinner, seeded number four, had already given Argentinian Sebastian Baez no chance with a score of 6:0, 6:1, 6:3. The 22-year-old Italian is still without losing a set.
In the women’s event, defending champion Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus remained flawless with a 6-0, 6-0 win against Ukrainian Lesia Zurenko.
Austria’s parade doubles Alexander Erler/Lucas Miedler, however, lost in the opening round to the Australians Max Purcell/Jordan Thompson 2:6, 6:7 (8).
Australian Open (Grand Slam, 52.95 million euros, hard): men, 3rd round: Sinner (It/4) – Baez (Arg/26) 6:0, 6:1, 6:3, Tsitsipas (Gre/7) – Van Assche (Fra) 6:3, 6:0, 6:4, Fritz (USA/12) – Marozsan (Ung) 3:6, 6:4, 6:2, 6:2, Khachanov (Rus/15) – Machac (Tch) 6:4, 7:6 (4), 4: 6, 7:6 (5)
Doubles, 1st round: Purcell/Thompson (Aus) – Erler/Miedler (Aus) 6:2, 7:6 (8); Women, 3rd round: Sabalenka (Blr/2) – Zurenko (Ukr/28) 6:0, 6:0, Gauff (USA/4) – Parks (USA) 6:0, 6:2.
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