The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic was close to getting a triple 6-0 and Aryna Sabalenka once again demonstrated its power on a day in which the defending champions comfortably advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals.
Djokovicwho was playing a rare daytime match, crushed the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the first two sets and was close to becoming the sixth player to win 6-0, 6-0 and 6-0 in the main draw of a Grand Slam.
DJokovic extended the consecutive winning streak
However, Mannarino won three games to save face in the third set and Djokovic added his victory 32 consecutive on their favorite terrain 6-0, 6-0 and 6-3.
“The tension grew as the game progressed without him winning a game,” he said. Djokovic to the press.
“Of course, it’s hard for him, but also for me to be able not to think about that (…) I was glad to have gotten that out of my mind (…) then I focused on what I have to do to close the game” .
DJokovic will face Fritz in the quarterfinals
Djokovic will face Fritz in his 58th quarterfinal match of a grand slam a record that the world number one now shares with Roger Federerin search of his twenty-fifth major individual title.
The American played an excellent match to beat the seventh seed, the Greek Tsitsipas7-6(3), 5-7, 6-3 and 6-3, but will arrive with a record of 0-8 in their first Australian Open quarterfinals.
“As far as playing against me, (Djokovic) has never had a reason to change what he’s doing or change his strategy, because it’s always gone in his favor,” Fritz said.
Source: Ambito
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