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Djokovic gets a right abdominal massage during a game.
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Djokovic, who has won the Australian Open men’s singles eight times and has the most record in this category, was unable to perform normally due to pain in the right abdomen from the third set.
Djokovic, who couldn’t hide his uncomfortable look by frowning every shot, became unnatural after the middle of the 3rd set.
Afterwards, Djokovic, who focused on scoring to minimize movement, such as a strong serve and a three-ball attack following a serve, broke the Fritz’s serve game with the last five-set game score 3-2.
Fritz took a break from 30-40 without missing the gap between backhand and forehand errors, and then made a 4-2 with a bold forehand attack.
Eventually, the match lasted 3 hours and 25 minutes, and Djokovic won after midnight local time.
Djokovic has met 11 times and has never lost against Raonichi, opponent in the round of 16.
Last year’s US Open winner, Dominique Team (3rd place, Austria) defeated Nick Kirios (47th place, Australia) on the home court 3-2 (4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4) and won 16 Joined the river.
The team competes with Ggor Dimitrov (21st place, Bulgaria) to advance to the quarterfinals.
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