Novak Djokovic continues his charge towards a 10th Australian Open title with a superb 7-6(7) 6-3 6-4 victory over Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov
Djokovic continued his charge towards a 10th Australian Open title with a superb victory over Grigor Dimitrov.
Novak Djokovic continued his charge towards a 10th Australian Open title with a superb 7-6 6-3 6-4 victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov to reach the fourth round but fears about the durability of his injured left hamstring only grew. The Serbian, who is eyeing a 22nd major to match Rafa Nadal, looked uncertain in his movement in a roller-coaster opening set where he began with a break, squandered three set points at 5-3 and dropped serve late on before edging a thrilling tiebreak on Saturday.
A heavily-strapped but more aggressive Djokovic emerged from a medical timeout and built pressure with his relentless returns from the back, going up 4-2 as 27th seed Dimitrov hit the net to surrender his serve, and went on to wrap up the second set. A half-fit Djokovic can still be a handful for most players but the fourth seed looked a little more certain of his mobility in the third set and a double break to start helped him subdue the error-prone Dimitrov who failed to make a late comeback.
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