enjoyed his third round match against at the Australian Open. The Serb prevailed in four sets, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0, to reach the fourth round. In press conference, Djokovic said: It was a great atmosphere.
Its great to see a packed house in the first week of a slam. I think the middle weekend is quite popular within the crowds here in Australia, but also the other slams. You get to see a lot of matches, singles, doubles, mixed doubles, mens, womens.
You got a very rich schedule with matches from 11:00am till late night. The crowd is excited, and we are, too. Of course, you want to see a packed house anywhere you play. Australia definitely loves their tennis. Theyve been some of the most loyal tennis fans in the world, for sure.
Analyzing the match overall, Djokovic added: Other than the little letdown that I had when I was 4-1, 4-2 up in the third set, other than that I thought I played well, especially in the fourth set. I expected Denis to come out and be aggressive.
He made a lot of unforced errors, I thought, for the first set and a half. I just stayed solid from back of the court and served well, played the right shots. For the first two sets, just had things under control. At 4-1, I was agitated.
As I said, should not happen to me. I know better. I have experience. But it does happen, I guess. I allowed him to come back to the match. Yeah, it was important to start off the fourth set well. It was close game, couple of close games first two games.
Making that break was crucial for me. But I like the fact that I was tested, as well, because you want to be tested, especially as you are improving, kind of going along in the tournament. Matches and opponents are going to get tougher.
I feel like Ive been playing well, so things are progressing well. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
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