After surpassing Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Novak Djokovic was present in the fourth round of Australia expanded 2024. Here, his opponent, Adrian Mannarino – the world ranked 20th in the world.
Mannarino has just had a suffocating victory that extended 5 sets against Ben Shelton in the third round. Before a classy Djokovic, he played completely inferior and lost quickly.
Entering Set 1, Mannarino started strongly when there were 2 break points in the first game but could not take advantage. Immediately after this game, the nightmare began to come to the French tennis player. Accordingly, Djokovic won 3 consecutive breaks and won white 6-0 in this set.
Set Set 2, the script did not change. Mannarino continued to not win a game and lose 0-6.
It was not until set 3 that the French player had the first scores. Even so, he could not create a surprise. In this set, Djokovic won the break in game 4 and kept the advantage until the end of the set, thereby winning 6-3.
In the end, Djokovic defeated Mannarino with a score of 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 after the match lasting only 1 hour 44 minutes. This result helps the defending champion to win tickets to the Australian semi -finals expand this year. His next opponent is Taylor Fritz, who has just defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas.
