Novak Djokovic, 36 years old, already has another record at the Australian Open. He is the only tennis player in this edition to play an all-night match in three rounds.
He is still the world number one and ten-time champion, a magnet for spectators on the track and on the various screens, but it will not be bad for him to have his almost forty-eight hours of rest.
He has a cold and is observing his right wrist. He acknowledges that he has not yet found the physical point he needs to flow a tennis that has been stuck against him many times. Alexei Popyrin in the second game. He accumulates more than seven hours in competition, in just two matches.
He played on Sunday, didn’t return until Wednesday and now has an appointment with the Argentine Tomas Martín Etcheverry this Friday afternoon session in Melbourne. They will open the headquarters at 7 pm local, 9 am Spanish peninsular time and central European time.
The women’s champion, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, has been Djokovic’s evening program partner for the first two meetings. However, he has to radically change the first shift at noon, 12:00 pm Another strategy that you already know in some way CArlos Alcaraz from Richard Gasquet to Lorenzo Sonego.
Djokovic, for now, has been unmoved since midnight in Melbourne. In Paula Badosa Spanish fans have to get up early.
The tournament can be seen on television on Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2. You can also follow it through live streams and information on the Mundo Deportivo website.
1
Rod Laver Arena
02:00 hours
Lesia Tsurenko (Ucr/28)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)
Luca Van Assche (Fran)-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/7)
(09:00 hours)
Novak Djokovic (Srb/1)-Tomás Martin Etcheverry (Arg/30)
Storm Hunter (Aus)-Barbora Krejcikova (Che/9)
2
Margaret Court Arena
02:00 hours
Jannik Sinner (Ita/4)-Sebastián Báez (Arg/26)
Alycia Parks (USA)-Coco Gauff (USA/4)
(09:00 hours)
Maria Timofeeva (Rus)-Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra/10)
Sebastian Korda (USA/29)-Andrey Rublev (Rus/5)
3
John Cain Arena
01:00 hours
Amanda Anisimova (USA)-Paula Badosa (Esp)
(not before 03:00 hours)
Taylor Fritz (USA/12)-Fabian Marozsan (Jun)
(09:00 hours)
Alex de Minaur (Aus/10)-Flavio Cobolli (Ita)
Source: La Verdad
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