For the second round of the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic faced Frances Tiafoe. The Serb managed to prevail in four halves after a hard-fought match to get into the next instance of the tournament, where he will face another American: Taylor Fritz.
The young American tennis player did not mind facing the number one in the world and made an equal approach. The third heat ended up being decided in a tiebreak, from which the Serb took over to make a difference of two to one in sets.
Already in the partial quarter and with Tiafoe on duty 3-3 and 30-30, 64 ° of the world did not get to serve in the 25 regulatory seconds and the chair judge made the decision to give him one “warning”. The consequence was that of lose the first service, Causing the American’s anger. Djokovic took advantage and break the service of his rival, to end up winning the set 6-3 and so the match.
After himself, the winner of 17 Grand Slam trophies declared on the situation with the umpire and the subsequent loss of the shot: “It was bad luck”.