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 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 gained (96-70).
“I feel I performed very 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 may have gone his approach, then the result of the match can be completely different. I felt contemporary within the third set, moved very well. I’m happy with my recreation. There may be at all times one thing to work on, however that is positively 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 gained their solely earlier assembly, on the 2024 United Cup (6-1, 6-7, 6-1).
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