Novak Djokovic He played his first three matches of this Australian Open in the afternoon. His round of 16 match against the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino was put into the daytime session, which included rain that led to the closure of Rod Laver Arena’s retractable roof.
In his interview on the track, of the former American champion Jim Courier, ‘Nole’ explained the tension that existed as he dominated 6-0, 6-0, 1-0. He admitted that he was also feeling hopeful should the triple fall to 6-0, so he didn’t think to contribute to the deflation of the balloon by helping it fall to 1-1.
A kind of emotional release that he needed too. His comment about his timing preferences in this Grand Slam went more unnoticed. He slipped that he preferred to play in the first shift of the afternoon session, at 7pm in Melbourne.
In response to this request, the Australian Open played its ten-time champion and world number one. His warning having passed, Djokovic will have to play again in his quarterfinal match with the American later in the day Taylor Fritzwhom he had lost in his eight previous bouts.
The official program says that Djokovic and Fritz They will take the field no earlier than 2:30 pm, 4:30 am Spanish morning. In addition there is no fixed start time because the center will open at noon with a double decision, and everything indicates that the Serbian will have to wait.
For the local night, the clash between the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Russian Andry Rublev.
The top two will have a double day of rest and preparation for the semifinals, which will be played on Friday. This part of the draw will take place in the early hours of Friday, leaving for the morning semi-final draw. Carlos Alcaraz.
1
Rod Laver Arena
Not before 3:00 am
Marta Kostyuk (Ucr)-Coco Gauff (USA/4)
(not before 04:30 hours)
Novak Djokovic (Srb/1)-Taylor Fritz (USA/12)
(09:00 hours)
Barbora Krejcikova (Che/9)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)
Jannik Sinner (Ita/4)-Andrey Rublev (Rus/5)
Source: La Verdad
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