And advances to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open
Novak Djokovic (No. 1, Serbia), who is aiming to win his 25th major championship, has reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the Australian Open tennis tournament.
Djokovic defeated Adrian Mannarino (19th, France) 3-0 (6-0 6-0 6-3) in the men's singles round of 16 of the tournament held in Melbourne, Australia on the 21st.
Djokovic, who is attempting to win his second consecutive title, continued his Australian Open winning streak of 32 matches dating back to 2019. Djokovic was at the top of the Australian Open for three consecutive years from 2019 to 2021, and in 2022, he was unable to enter Australia due to the issue of not being vaccinated against COVID-19 and did not participate in the tournament.
Djokovic will meet the winner of the round of 16 match between Stefanos Tsitsipas (7th, Greece) and Taylor Fritz (12th, USA) in the quarterfinals.
If he stands at the top of this tournament, Djokovic will record his 25th major championship win. The 24 wins achieved by Djokovic and Margaret Court (retired, Australia) is the current record for the most singles wins in a major tournament.
With his victory that day, Djokovic, who entered the singles quarterfinals of a major tournament for the 58th time in his career, matched Roger Federer (retired, Switzerland) for the most in this category.
On the other hand, Mannarino was unable to reach the quarterfinal stage where Djokovic and Federer had advanced 58 times.
Mannarino has appeared in the singles finals of major tournaments 55 times, but has never advanced to the quarterfinals. He reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 2013, 2017, and 2018, and at the Australian Open in 2022 and this year, but failed each time.
Mannarino, who was under a lot of physical strain after winning the 1st to 3rd rounds in 5 sets in this tournament, gave up the victory to Djokovic in 1 hour and 44 minutes.
In the round of 16 of the women's singles, last year's winner, Arina Sabalenka (2nd, Belarus) defeated Amanda Anisimova (442nd, USA) 2-0 (6-3 6-2) to join the quarterfinals. .
While Iga Sibiontech (Poland), the world's No. 1 women's singles player, was eliminated, Sabalenka cruised to her second consecutive victory.
Sabalenka will clash with the winner of the round of 16 match between Barbora Krejcikova (11th place, Czech Republic) and Mira Andreyeva (47th place, Russia) in the quarterfinals. 토토사이트