Novak Djokovik Defeated 12th seeded American Taylor Fritz for the 11th time in a very big match. australian open Made it to the semi-finals. This fight between the two lasted for about four hours. Djokovic won this match 7- 6, 4- 6, 6- 2 and 6-3. The most interesting thing is that every time he has reached the quarter-finals here, he has won every time. The 24-time Grand Slam champion has won all ten semi-finals and finals at Melbourne Park.
Made it to the semi-finals for the 48th time
For Novak Djokovic, this is the 48th time that he has reached the Grand Slam semi-finals. Now in the semi-finals he will face world fourth seed Yannick Sinner or fifth seed Andrei Rublev. Djokovic had so far defeated Fritz in straight sets in all the matches except one. In Australia in 2021, the match stretched to five sets.
This is how Djokovic took the lead
Novak Djokovic calls Australian Open his ‘second home’. He has been dominating here for the last several years. Another victory was added to his string of victories. This victory means that the Serbian star’s last defeat in Melbourne came against South Korea’s Chung Hyeon in 2018. The game started at 5 pm local time, when the temperature was 31 degrees Celsius.
Djokovic could not capitalize on the break point
Djokovic scored eight break points in the opening set. But he looked troubled by not being able to create a chance on even one of them. The heat was bothering him continuously and he was cooling himself with ice. Djokovic won the opening set in a tough match in about 84 minutes. After this he took a sigh of relief and then continued to perform brilliantly.
Said this after victory
Djokovic said after the match that it was really bad not to make the break point but I think at the end of the day when it mattered in the third and fourth sets I was able to break it. In the middle to the end of the third set I probably stepped up my game. The 26-year-old American has faced defeat in his last eight matches against Djokovic.