Novak continues his imposing march by the draw on the Australian Open.
The Serbian high seed raced into the final eight in Melbourne with a 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 win on Sunday. Djokovic wanted just one hour and 45 minutes to dispatch the twentieth seed Adrian Mannarino.
It was an impressive efficiency from the defending champion, who had damaged his rival’s serve 3 times within the first and second units, earlier than the Frenchman managed to carry for the primary time within the match. The ultimate icing on the cake got here within the fourth sport of the third set, and the triumph was sealed 5 video games later.
Djokovic transformed seven of 11 break level probabilities, and saved all three break factors he confronted in the course of the fifth profession assembly in opposition to Mannarino (5-0 H2H report).
“The primary two units had been a number of the greatest units I’ve performed shortly,” Nole mentioned earlier than cracking a joke. “I actually needed to lose that sport within the third set, as a result of the stress was build up a lot within the stadium. I simply wanted to get that one out of the way in which so I can refocus on what I wanted to do to shut out the match. I performed nice, from the primary to the final level.”
Match statistics: aces (17-1), double faults (5-0), winners (31-12), unforced errors (15-31), complete factors gained (85-42).
Novak subsequent performs both Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE, 7) or Taylor Fritz (USA, 12).
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