The Serbian tennis player beat the local representative 6-2, 6-1 and 6-2 in just over two hours of play. Now he will seek passage to the semi-finals against Russia’s Andrey Rublev.
Novak Djokovic (5th in the ATP ranking) took another step on Monday morning to win the Australian Open title . The Serb showed his full potential after beating Australian Alex de Miñaur (24th) 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 in the round of 16 Grand Slam after just over two hours of competition.
The start of the match showed two competitors fighting with all their abilities to stop the rival’s bonds. This situation could continue until the sixth game. There, Djokovic took advantage of the first errors of the Australian to obtain the first break of the match which was confirmed in the Games following, leaving the score 5-2 in favor of the European.
And the world number five followed up with that crushing step, forcing another loss of serve from the rival to take the opening set 6-2. .
The situation did not change much in the second. De Minaur couldn’t sustain his first two serves and after Djokovi’s confirmation the score was 5-0 in favor of Balkan. Thus, it was enough for Nole to maintain his in the seventh game to take the set by a net 6-1 .
The blow rattled the Aussie who once again started the third quarter behind, until trailing 4-0. to the seventh Games Djokovic was able to close the match, but the Australian was determined to extend the duel and ended up saving the first option. Of course, with his serve, Djokovic took charge of taking the Oceanian player off the road, scoring a 6-2 in the third set. .
With this result, Novak Djokovic will face Andrey Rublev in the Grand Slam quarter-finals. The Russian has just beaten the Dane Holger Rune in an agonizing match in five sets.
Additionally, as the ATP reports on its website, Nole earned his 25th consecutive victory at the Australian Open , tying his longest streak in the tournament. At the same time, he moved away from a win to tie the tournament’s longest streak in the open era, which is held so far by American Andre Agassi with 26 from 2000 to 2004.
Djokovic: “I finished my best game of the year”
Once the victory was consolidated, Novak Djokovic faced the microphones to make his feelings known about the match. The Serb commented: “I wanted to win in straight sets. Obviously, he doesn’t know what will happen on the track. The first four or five games were close. After breaking his serve in the first set, I started to feel looser and hit the ball more aggressively. “, he expressed.
He also analyzed his rival’s proposal. “I think he got a little more nervous at the end of the second (set) and the start of the third. It was my chance to take advantage of the situation. Tennis is a very fast and dynamic sport, things can change in an instant, in just a few points. I kept my focus until the end and finished my best game of the year so far “, hill.
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