Djokovic overcomes Dimitrov and bodily points to succeed in Australian Open final 16 for fifteenth time

For the fifteenth time in his profession, Novak Djokovic has reached the final 16 of the Australian Open.

The Serbian gained his final 32 match in three units, defeating defeated Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(7), 6-3, 6-4, nevertheless it wasn’t as simple as that scoreline may make it appear.

Djokovic has had some bodily points throughout this Australian Open, however he overcame them and achieved what he got down to do, which was to win and to take action as shortly as doable.

He might have gained the primary set faster, although, because the Serbian didn’t convert a pair of set factors after which needed to win it in a tiebreaker.

From there, although, Djokovic was the far superior participant and gained the following two units extra comfortably.

A fifteenth Australian Open final 16 look for Djokovic

With this Saturday’s win, the nine-time winner of the Australian Open has reached this final 16 stage for the fifteenth time.

That is nonetheless three final 16 appearances fewer than Roger Federer, although, because the Swiss holds that file in Melbourne.

Djokovic might break one other file, although, this match, as he’s simply two wins away from matching the longest run of consecutive victories on the Australian Open, contemplating he hasn’t misplaced there since 2018.