MADRID, 21 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, world number one, has secured his place in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, the first ‘Grand Slam’ of the season, after beating Frenchman Adrian Mannarino this Sunday (6-0, 6-0 , 6-3), a result that allows him to equal the 58 appearances of the Swiss Roger Federer in the quarterfinals of a ‘major’.
The Balkan, defending champion and ten-time champion in Melbourne, needed only one hour and 44 minutes to eliminate the number 19 in the ATP ranking and guarantee his 32nd consecutive victory in the oceanic tournament, where he last lost in 2018.
Two ‘roscos’ in the first two sets almost definitively sentenced Mannarino, who did not manage to win a game until his first serve of the third set, in which ‘Nole’ took advantage of the only breaking point he had in the entire set. to close the duel.
“The first two sets were some of the best I’ve played in a long time. I really wanted to lose my first game in the third set because the tension was building so much in the stadium. I just needed to get that out of the way so I could get back to it.” “I had to focus on what I had to do to close the match. With Adrian it’s a kind of cat and mouse game, I had to physically endure the long rallies and try to get him down the court, which I did, and I think I served very well.” Djokovic noted after the match.
Now, he will face in the next round the American Taylor Fritz, number 12 in the world and who managed to beat the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (7-6(3), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3). Thus, the American advanced for the first time in his career to the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park after three hours of play to score his first victory against a ‘Top 10’ in a ‘Grand Slam’.
2024-01-21 11:14:23
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