Novak Djokovic stepped up a degree in his Australian Open third spherical match in opposition to Tomas Machac on Friday, brushing the Czech apart 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 with a classic efficiency to achieve the second week at Melbourne Park for the seventeenth time.
The 37-year-old seventh seed conceded units to youthful opponents within the first two rounds however the most effective world quantity 25 Muchac might muster up was a single break of serve at first of the second set.
Djokovic broke straight again, referred to as out the physician then rattled off the subsequent three video games, which included an excellent level which the Serbian received with a backhand crosscourt winner.
Machac beat the previous world primary on clay in Geneva final yr however struggled to get his recreation happening a cool night on the Rod Laver Enviornment court docket the place Djokovic has received 10 of his 24 Grand Slam titles.
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The Czech had one other have a look at Djokovic’s serve on the finish of the second set just for his opponent to shortly shut the door and by the third Machac was getting sympathetic applause from the group merely for profitable some extent.
“I believe I performed very well, I’m very pleased with my recreation,” mentioned Djokovic after bringing an finish to the uneven contest with a rasping backhand winner.
“There’s all the time one thing to enhance however that is positively the most effective match I’ve performed within the event to date.”
New coach Andy Murray can have been happy with a transparent step up within the high quality of Djokovic’s serve and the Serbian additionally eased issues concerning the remedy he obtained on court docket at first of the second set.
“I used to be making an attempt to catch my breath,” Djokovic laughed. “I’m not 19 any extra.”
The Serbian will meet one other Czech in twenty fourth seed Jiri Lehecka within the fourth spherical with French Open and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz looming as his potential opponent within the quarterfinals.