Australian Open: Novak Djokovic beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Tournament favorite Novak Djokovic is in the third round of the Australian Open 2019. The six-time champion defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga from France in a reissue of the 2008 final.
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last edit: Jan 17, 2019, 03:23 pm
No problems for Novak Djokovic. The tournament favorite prevailed in round two of the Australian Open with 6: 3, 7: 5 and 6: 4 against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and thus made 17: 6 victories in the direct record with the Frenchman. Tsonga had entered the tournament with a wildcard and had defeated Martin Klizan from Slovakia at the start. Djokovic had to fight harder in his three-set win against Mitchell Krueger than the smooth result ultimately said.
In the last match of the day in the Rod Laver Arena, however, the Serbian industry leader showed a consistently concentrated performance, even if Tsonga always ambitiously pursued his balls.
Djokovic now meets one of the young savages on the tour: Denis Shapovalov. The Canadian prevailed against Taro Daniel on Thursday.