Dimitrov without dropping a set in this tournament
The Bulgarian tennis player arrives after overcoming two rounds in both of which he won without conceding a single set. He has not lost a set since December 29th at the United Cup.
The Australian tennis player has defeated in three sets to the French Bonzi and already awaits rival for the next round where it will be measured with the winner of this duel;
Novak Djokovic has a clear path to become Grand Slam champion after the elimination of his main rivals for the title: Ruud, Zverev, Medvedev and Nadal;
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Novak Djokovic has doubts about his physical condition
The Serbian tennis player was worried at the end of the match against Couacaud and sealed his qualification to the next round: "My situation is not ideal. I would like things to be better, but it is what it is. The positive thing is that I have a day's cushion." He admitted that he can't even train on rest days, as he needs total rest: "I don't train on the days I don't play in order to preserve my leg. I am worried because there are reasons to be worried. There are two options: withdraw or continue and try to compete with Dimitrov". Although these small annoyances do not take away his illusion of winning his ninth Australian Open and recalls that "two years ago I also got injured in the middle of the tournament and ended up taking the title". On the other hand, he spoke about the controversy he had with a fan: "I was clearly drunk. I can handle him insulting me six times, but he had already crossed the line".
The semifinalist of the last ATP of Vienna arrives after starting the 2023 in the United Cup where he lost in the first match against Stefanos Tsitsipas, although he won in the second and in two sets against David Goffin. The Bulgarian tennis player won in the first round against the Russian Karatsev in three sets and in just over an hour and a half left out the Serbian Laslo Djere by 6-3, 6-2 and 6-0.
The Serbian tennis player returns to Australia after not being here last year after deciding not to get vaccinated where he was involved in a controversy where in the end the Australian government took the decision to leave him out of the first Grand Slam of 2022, the Australian Open. Nole said goodbye to 2022 by winning the ATP Finals, being finalist of the ATP in Paris and playing an exhibition in the United Arab Emirates. Before playing the first Grand Slam of the year, he was proclaimed champion of the Adelaide ATP where he only conceded one set and it was in the first set of the final, but he came back to win his 92nd title. In his return to the Australian Open he is already in the third round after leaving out Roberto Carballé s and the French Enzo Couacaud
A total of 11 times Novak Djokovic and Dimitrov have met with a favorable balance for the Serb who has won ten times, while the Bulgarian has only won once. The last time they met was in the semifinals of the ATP Parí's where Djokovic won 7-6, 6-4. Twice they have won a Grand Slam, the last time was at the Wimbledon ATP in 2014, both times the Serbian won. The only time the Serb won in this duel was in 2013 at the Madrid ATP in three sets. This will be the first time they meet at the Australian Open;
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