Nole is thru to Australian Open fourth spherical after straight-sets victory over Tomas Machac.
Seventh seed and a document 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 Area 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), complete factors received (96-70).
“I believe I performed very well,” mentioned Djokovic. “I’m barely stunned 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 in some way managed to show issues round, maintain my serve once I wanted to. A few factors determined that set, which may have gone his approach, then the result of the match could be totally different. I felt contemporary within the third set, moved very well. I’m happy with my sport. There may be at all times one thing to work on, however that is undoubtedly my finest 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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