Australian Open: Novak Djokovic has no problems with Diego Schwartzman
Novak Djokovic has also shown himself in his round of 16 against Diego Schwartzman as the man to beat at the Australian Open 2020.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jan 26, 2020, 09:07 am
Djokovic won 6: 3, 6: 4 and 6: 4 after 2 hours and 6 minutes - and the result was never in question. Djokovic played too dominant, too powerful, despite all efforts of the brave Diego Schwartzman from Argentina.
In the first round Djokovic used his first break to 5: 3, in the second set he took the lead with two breaks - Schwartzman got one back, but this did not really get the world ranking second off the track. Djokovic always seemed annoyed by mistakes and scolded - despite his strong appearance - again and again with himself and his box.
In the third set, the Serbian made the decisive break to 4: 2, Schwartzman came after a chance to rebreak, but Djokovic fought off with a determined forehand - and swore again before he ended up with a zero game except the fourth.
In the end, 38 winning strikes with a total of 31 mistakes without need were the statistics for Djokovic, for Schwartzman it was 17 winners with 29 unforced mistakes.
Djokovic now against Raonic
Djokovic now faces Milos Raonic, who defeated Marin Cilic 6: 4, 6: 3 and 7: 5. Raonic had also won in three sets against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round, preventing an anticipated quarter-final between Djokovic and Tsitsipas.
"It will be a completely different match than today, Milos is one of the physically strongest players in the world," Djokovic looked ahead to his match against the service giant from Canada. "He'll fire missiles from the other side."
In the other round of 16 rounds on Sunday, Tennys Sandgren and Fabio Fognini will face each other - and in the night session (from around 10:30 a.m.CET) Roger Federer and Marton Fucsovics .
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