After a series of famous tennis players were eliminated as Rafael Nadal, Casper Ruud or Taylor Fritz, Novak Djokovic rising to become the top candidate for the Australian championship expanded 2023. In the second round, NHM expects Nole to continue when he only has to encounter Enzo Couacaud (rank 191 ATP), the opponent of British 186 in the world.
Witnessing Djokovic's destruction form at the beginning of the match, his fans were more confident in that. The world's No. 5 player joined the strongly and won quickly with a score of 6-1 in the opening set.
The second set of plays took place quite balanced when Couacaud suddenly took a strong competition. Besides, Djokovic's injury on the left leg has affected Nole's ability to play.
After the 9th game when the score was 5-4 in favor of Couacaud, the No. 5 seed of the tournament was forced to call the doctor for care because he could not continue to suffer. Djokovic can return to the competition but obviously he has not achieved the best form. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Couacaud took the second set after the brain tie-break series with a score of 7-6. This is also the first set of Djokovic in Australia this year.
However, it is all that the French player can do. In the next 2 sets, Djokovic regained his brave image as before being injured. The 35-year-old superstar overwhelmed the opponent in a comprehensive way, not giving Couacaud the opportunity to get up to win both sets with 6-2 and 6-0 score.
The next challenge of Djokovic in the 3rd round of Australia expanded will be the former world No. 3 in the world Grigor Dimitrov. In the second round, the Bulgarian player easily surpassed Laslo Djere after 3 sets with the gap ratios.
