Novak Djokovic (5th place, Serbia) continued his 25-game winning streak at the Australian Open tennis tournament (total prize money 76.5 million Australian dollars, about 66.26 billion won).
Djokovic defeated Alex Diminore (24th, Australia) 3-0 (6-2 6-1 6-2) in the 4th round of men’s singles on the 8th day of the tournament held in Melbourne, Australia on the 23rd.
Djokovic, who continued his streak of 25 consecutive victories at the Australian Open, faces Andrei Rublev (6th, Russia) in the quarterfinals.
The last case of Djokovic losing at the Australian Open was in the round of 16 in 2018 to Hyeon Jeong (27) of Korea.
After that, from 2019 to 2021, he achieved three consecutive victories in the tournament, and was unable to participate in the 2022 tournament because he was not vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
From 2019 to 2021, he accumulated 21 consecutive wins, 7 wins each year, and added 4 wins in this tournament to 25 consecutive victories at the Australian Open.
Djokovic played a one-sided game that day to the extent that he did not give even a single break point to his opponent.
Djokovic has the upper hand against Rublev, his opponent in the quarterfinals, with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss. This is the first head-to-head match in a major tournament.
Rublev won 3-2 (6-3 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-6 <11-9>) against Holger Rune (10th, Denmark) in the round of 16.
In particular, it became a more valuable victory as it overcame the crisis of being driven to the match point twice by being dragged by a game score of 2-5 in the 5th set.
The match for the men’s singles quarterfinals at this tournament has also been decided.
The winner of the quarterfinals between Djokovic and Rublev will meet the player who won the match between Tommy Paul (35th) and Ben Shelton (89th, USA) in the semifinals.
The 21-year-old Shelton made her major singles debut at the US Open last year and was eliminated in the first round at the time.
Shelton, who reached the quarterfinals in his second major tournament, became the protagonist of the surprise with the fastest serve among the participating players with a maximum speed of 228 km per hour.
The other quarterfinal matches will be held with Karen Khachanov (20th, Russia) – Sebastian Koda (31st, USA), Stefanos Tsitsipas (4th, Greece) – Irzy Rehechka (71st, Czech Republic). .
22-year-old Rehetzka also participated in a major tournament for the first time last year, but was a player who fell in the first round of the singles finals in all four major tournaments. 안전놀이터
Tsitsipas and Djokovic could rise to No. 1 in the world rankings if they win this event.
In particular, if Djokovic wins, he will increase the Australian Open men’s singles record to 10, and the most men’s singles championships in major tournaments with 22, tying with Rafael Nadal (2nd, Spain), who was eliminated in the second round of this tournament.
