Due to the deterioration of Corona 19 in Melbourne, it will be switched to an unattended game from the 13th
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan = Novak Djokovic (1st place, Serbia) has advanced to the round of 16 men’s singles at the Australian Open tennis tournament (a total of 80 million Australian dollars, about 68.9 billion won).
Djokovic defeated Taylor Fritz (31st, USA) 3-2 (7-6) in the 3rd round of men’s singles on the 5th day of the tournament held in Melbourne, Australia on the 12th.<7-1> 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2).
Djokovic, who is challenged to lose his third straight victory in the tournament, faces Miloshi Raonichi (14th place, Canada) in the round of 16.
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Djokovic, who has won the Australian Open men’s singles eight times and has the most record in this category, was unable to perform normally due to pain in the right abdomen from the third set.
Djokovic, who couldn’t hide his uncomfortable sign by frowning each time he shot, became unnatural after the middle of the 3rd set.
Afterwards, Djokovic, who focused on scoring to minimize movement, such as a strong serve and a three-ball attack following a serve, broke the Fritz’s serve game with the last five-set game score 3-2.
Fritz took a break from 30-40 without missing the gap between backhand and forehand errors, and then made a 4-2 with a bold forehand attack.
Eventually, the match lasted 3 hours and 25 minutes, and Djokovic won after midnight local time.
Djokovic has met 11 times and has never lost against Raonichi, opponent in the round of 16.
Last year’s US Open winner, Dominique Team (3rd place, Austria) beat Nick Kirios (47th place, Australia) of home court 3-2 (4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4) and won 16 Joined the river.
The team competes with Ggor Dimitrov (21st place, Bulgaria) to advance to the quarterfinals.
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In the women’s singles, last year’s US Open champion Naomi Osaka (3rd place, Japan) defeated Oz Jaber (30th place, Tunisia) 2-0 (6-3 6-2) to join the round of 16.
Osaka will meet in the round of 16 with Garvigne Mugurusa (14th place, Spain), who finished second in the tournament last year.
This is the first confrontation between Osaka and Mugurusa.
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On the other hand, the event, which was held as an abiding game according to the policy of the state of Victoria, Australia, will be converted to a non-audience game for 5 days from the 13th.
Fans who entered the game on the 12th were also forced to leave the stadium after 11:30 pm local time, and the game was held without spectators after the mid-fourth set of Djokovic and Fritz.
This is a measure in response to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at hotels in Melbourne, and it will be decided later whether the audience will be allowed to enter again from the 18th. This competition will close on the 21st.
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