Nole arrange an Australian Open quarter-final showdown with Carlos Alcaraz, surging previous difficult seeded opponent from the Czech Republic.
24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic delivered one other masterclass in Melbourne on Sunday to beat Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in two hours and 39 minutes.
It was an excellent take a look at for Novak, who brushed previous the twenty fourth seed breaking him thrice from 11 alternatives inside Rod Laver Enviornment.
Djokovic performed with nice depth, his motion was distinctive and he was in management all through the second profession encounter with the Czech. He received 81 per cent of factors behind his first serve and was 16/18 when approaching the online (89%).
The document 10-time titlist at Melbourne Park broke as soon as in every set and misplaced his serve as soon as.
Match statistics: aces (11th of September), double faults (3-4), winners (27-39), unforced errors (21-44), complete factors received (108-90).
“I felt nice,” mentioned Djokovic. “A few hiccups right here and there, a free sport after I broke his serve within the third. After that I had possibilities to interrupt him, however each time I had a possibility to interrupt him, he would serve huge. Simply very highly effective and exact. A unique opponent in comparison with my final spherical rival, however there have been fairly a couple of similarities, with a flat backhand and fairly an aggressive type. I dealt with the stress moments effectively and performed some nice factors in the direction of the top of the match.”
A blockbuster quarter-final conflict with Carlos Alcaraz (ESP, 3) will happen on Tuesday.
Alcaraz led Jack Draper 7-5, 6-1 when the Brit retired from their fourth spherical conflict.
Novak leads Alcaraz 4-3 within the pair’s ATP H2H collection. The Serbian star triumphed of their final assembly within the Olympic Video games last in Paris final summer season, when he claimed an emotional first gold medal.
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