Novak Djokovic marches closer to 11th Australian Open title, battles past Taylor Fritz in four sets
economictimes.indiatimes.comNovak Djokovic carried on with his bid for a record that extended the 11th Australian Open title with a successful win over Taylor Fritz, the 12th American seed.
The Serb searched for a 25th Grand Slam to move past the record of 24 by Margaret Court, winning 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-2 6-3 in warm weather conditions to reach the semi-finals.
On Friday, he will be playing Jannik Sinner, the fourth seed post the defeat of Andrey Rublev, the Russian fifth seed by the Italian.
The 36-year-old top seed Djokovic said that he had gone through a lot in the initial sets. He told to his team members that the match was not a joyful match for him at all.
He further said that it was very difficult for him to search for the correct timing. It was really warm during the time the sun was still outside. He mentioned the fact about how Taylor has received one of the world's best serves and that the type of threat posed by him was known to him at the time of his serving such a great quality.
What happened in the past single matches?
The last 33 single matches have been won by Djokovic at Melbourne Park becoming a comprehensible favorite for defending his title.
Rublev 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 was beaten by Sinner in a match finishing at near to 01:30 local time on the morning of Wednesday after the starting of the night session being postponed to 21:00.
The singles match on Rod Laver Arena did not begin till 13:00. The win of Coco Gauff against Marta Kostyuk in the women's quarter–finals has taken over three hours before Djokovic required around four to beat Fritz. However, Aryana Sabalenka has put a rapid effort in her 6-2 6-3 win over Barbora Krejcikova.
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