By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, January 23, 2023
Seeing is believing.
Surveying the bettering state of his hamstring has Novak Djokovic trusting he can take a record-extending tenth Australian Open title subsequent weekend.
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The fourth-seeded Serbian demolished Aussie Alex de Minaur 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 storming into his thirteenth Australian Open quarterfinal.
It was Djokovic’s finest tennis of the match and his healthiest match of this fortnight.
The state of his more and more wholesome hamstring helped Djokovic rating his twenty fifth consecutive AO win and thirty eighth straight win on Australian soil.
“Per week in the past I did not actually take into consideration the title, I simply thought of being in a ok situation to play the subsequent match till tonight,” Djokovic instructed the media in Melbourne. “Tonight, the way in which I performed, the way in which I felt, offers me purpose now to imagine that I can go all the way in which.
“I imply, I all the time imagine I can go all the way in which when it comes to my tennis. However the way in which my leg felt earlier than tonight wasn’t giving me too many hopes, so to say, for your entire match, to go during. Tonight I really feel that, so I really feel optimistic about it.”
Expertise issues within the cash phases of majors. Djokovic will face fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev within the quarterfinals. The winner will face a maiden main semifinalist both Tommy Paul or former NCAA champion Ben Shelton.
“Being the one man remaining within the match that has received a Grand Slam, in fact flatters me however I do not suppose it is going to make too huge of a distinction, to be sincere,” Djokovic mentioned. “Possibly it can to some extent, I imply, for me, however possibly not for the opposite guys.”
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