Nole is thru to Australian Open fourth spherical after straight-sets victory over Tomas Machac.
Seventh seed and a file 10-time champion Novak Djokovic raced to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory in opposition to Czech Tomas Machac to advance to the fourth spherical on the Australian Open for a seventeenth time.
Novak outplayed the twenty sixth seed to wrap up a two-hour, 22-minute minute win inside Rod Laver Enviornment on Friday.
Djokovic was damaged solely as soon as and transformed 5 of 15 break level probabilities on Machac’s serve.
Match statistics: aces (9-4), double faults (4-5), winners (28-25), unforced errors (20-35), whole factors received (96-70).
“I believe I performed rather well,” mentioned Djokovic. “I’m barely shocked with the consequence, to beat him in straight units. He was a break up early within the second, I struggled bodily there. I attempted to catch my breath, I’m not 19 anymore. I one way or the other managed to show issues round, maintain my serve once I wanted to. A few factors determined that set, which might have gone his method, then the result of the match could be completely different. I felt recent within the third set, moved rather well. I’m happy with my recreation. There’s at all times one thing to work on, however that is positively my greatest match of the event.”
Novak, who’s now 97-9 in Melbourne, will face one other Czech, Jiri Lehecka, for a spot within the quarter-final.
The 37-year-old Serbian star received their solely earlier assembly, on the 2024 United Cup (6-1, 6-7, 6-1).
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