- Novak Djokovic secured a 6-0 6-0 6-3 victory towards Adrian Mannarino
- Djokovic is now degree with Roger Federer on 58 grand slam quarter-finals
- The world No1 will face Taylor Fritz within the subsequent spherical
Novak Djokovic equalled Roger Federer‘s report by reaching a 58th grand slam quarter-final in model on the Australian Open.
It appeared the world No 1 would possibly achieve this by changing into the primary participant to assert a ‘triple bagel’ victory on the match when he received the primary 13 video games towards Adrian Mannarino.
The Frenchman appeared massively relieved when he lastly received on the board within the second recreation of the third set however Djokovic, taking part in in his 73rd main match, eased to a 6-0 6-0 6-3 victory.
Having began the match battling sickness and surviving two lengthy matches, Djokovic is now trying in ominous kind, though he nonetheless turned riled by the group at occasions.
‘The greatest units I’ve performed shortly,’ the Serbian stated afterwards. ‘I actually needed to lose that recreation within the third set as a result of the stress was build up a lot within the stadium. I wanted to get that out of the best way and refocus on what I wanted to do to complete the match.
Novak Djokovic equalled Roger Federer’s report by reaching a 58th grand slam quarter-final
Djokovic secured a 6-0 6-0 6-3 victory as he received the higher of Adrian Mannarino
Following his spectacular win Djokovic will tackle twelfth seed Taylor Fritz within the quarter-finals
‘I served very properly. In the moments after I wanted to provide you with the primary serve, I did. All in all, nice efficiency.
‘The final couple of days has been actually good so it is getting in a constructive route well being sensible, tennis sensible, so I’m actually pleased.’
Next Djokovic faces twelfth seed Taylor Fritz, who claimed a landmark victory over final yr’s runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Fritz went into the match with a 0-11 report towards top-10 gamers at grand slams, however got here away with a 7-6 (3) 5-7 6-3 6-3 triumph to succeed in the quarter-finals in Melbourne for the primary time.
He might want to obtain one other first if he’s to go additional having misplaced all eight earlier conferences with Djokovic, together with a painful five-set defeat within the third spherical three years in the past when the Serbian suffered an stomach damage mid-match.
Cheered on by Melbourne’s giant Greek inhabitants, Tsitsipas has loved the very best outcomes of his profession on the Australian Open however he failed to succeed in the semi-finals for the primary time since 2020.