“I like to go to the other side of the box, nobody wants to face Novak Djokovic“. These are words from Russian Andrei Rublev after tracking two match balls to Danish Holger Rune to win 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 and 7-6 (11-9). Drunk with happiness, Fernando Vicente’s student, although fearing the worst, meeting the nine-time tournament champion in the quarterfinals.
Novak Djokovic soon fulfilled this, because in two hours and six minutes he finished his recital against the Australian. Alex de Minaur, which he swept 6-2, 6-1 and 6-2.
First match between the Serbian, 35 years old and world number 5, and the ‘aussie’ with a Uruguayan father and a Spanish mother, who lives in Alicante, where he works with his coach Adolfo Gutierrez. De Minaur is 24th in the world at the age of 23, but ‘Nole’s exquisite game dwarfs the qualities of a typically electric opponent.
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He instilled Minaur’s pride in a center that barely had a chance to turn Rod Laver Arena into a pressure cooker. Djokovic had his stalwarts from the start and ended up winning to popular clamor with a perfect match.
From 2-2 to 6-2, 5-0. A strong 9-0 run. A break ball is not awarded to the opponent. Djokovic’s distribution was a success. The bandage on his left thigh, his usual companion, confirmed the hamstring injury, but this time he did not need to seek medical help. He moved freely, showing no sign of alarm, as if it had happened days before.
He was exiled from the country in 2012, but this is another paid field for him. He matched his best streak of the tournament, winning 25 straight games. There were 38 in Australia, where he opened the season winning the Adelaide ATP.
In the Melbourne quarterfinals for the thirteenth time, 54th in the Grand Slam. He wants the pot: the 10th on his Open record, equal to 22 ‘big’ of Rafael Nadal and remove the number 1 from Carlos Alcaraz. At the level shown, everything is in your hands. Let’s see how the muscle problem develops, without forgetting that De Minaur’s characteristics favor his game. The Australian was complete but he didn’t have the final blow, he didn’t do any damage in the Balkans.
“I didn’t feel anything in my leg. I thank my medical team, God. I don’t want to celebrate it in advance, I know that things can change. I’m satisfied with how I have moved and hit the ball”, he meant the Novak Djokovic track.
Source: La Verdad
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