Novak Djokovic had a great performance on Sunday, defeating Adrian Mannarino 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 to advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals.
Novak Djokovic is the 58th time a Serbian player has reached the last eight of a Grand Slam, equaling Roger Federer’s all-time record.
Novak Djokovic, aiming for his record-extending 25th Grand Slam title, faced stiff challenges in the opening two rounds of the tournament, losing sets in both, but found his rhythm as the second week approached.
“The first two sets were some of the best sets I’ve played in a while,” the Serbian said after the match, according to the ATP Tour.
He appeared to be headed for a rare triple bagel as Novak Djokovic swept the first two sets without losing a game – the first of its kind at the Australian Open and the first at a Grand Slam since 1993. – But that was all Mannarino could do. He laughed at the end of the second set and eventually won the third set.
“I was genuinely eager to concede the match in the third set due to the heightened tension in the stadium,” expressed Novak Djokovic.“I just needed to get that out of the way so I could refocus on what I needed to do to finish the game.”
In the quarterfinals, he will face Taylor Fritz, who defeated last year’s finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Fritz, who was ranked 12th in the tournament, had never beaten a top-10 player at a Grand Slam, but he limited himself to 19 unforced errors and hit 13 service aces to advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals for the first time. .
Fritz later said, “The last three games of the match, I really just flipped a switch and almost went into a trance,” Fritz said, according to the tournament’s website.
“It just felt good. I felt like I knew what shots to take and made the right decisions for every ball. This was really good. It’s been quite some time since I’ve experienced this sensation , I became very confident.
Meanwhile, compatriot Coco Gauff also reached her first Australian Open quarter-final with a resounding 6-1, 6-2 victory over Poland’s Magdalena Flech, making it her 11th Grand Slam tournament, including the US Open title. He achieved consecutive wins.
She was completely dominant throughout the match, hitting 21 winners compared to Fletch’s seven and never facing a break point.
Her Goff’s consistent and confident performances make you forget she’s still a teenager, but so is the 19-year-old, she said.
She later told reporters that she “feels like she’s lived so much life in the last four years that she feels older than she was 19.” “Yes, I do often forget my age.”
She becomes the youngest player to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals since Agnieszka Radwanska in 2008, where she will face Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine.