Novak Djokovic continued his bid for a record-extending eleventh Australian Open title with a assured win over American twelfth seed Taylor Fritz to achieve the semi-finals.
The 36-year-old Serb, additionally going for a standalone report twenty fifth main, gained 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-2 6-3 in a sizzling Melbourne.
Djokovic has not misplaced right here since 2018, profitable his previous 33 singles matches.
He’ll play both Italian fourth seed Jannik Sinner or Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev for a spot within the closing.
Their quarter-final will not be prone to end till the early hours of Wednesday morning after the evening session was pushed again to after 20:45 native time.
With the singles matches on Rod Laver Area not beginning till 13:00, Coco Gauff’s win over Marta Kostyuk within the ladies’s quarter-finals took over three hours earlier than Djokovic wanted nearly 4 hours to beat Fritz.
Sinner and Rublev nonetheless have to attend for defending ladies’s champion Aryna Sabalenka’s match towards Barbora Krejcikova to be accomplished earlier than they’ll go on court docket.
They may, nevertheless, no less than have an additional day to get better, with the boys’s semi-finals happening on Friday.
Extra to observe.
