Australian Open 2020: Djokovic beats Raonic in straight sets – live!

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Finally, Djokovic was asked about his upcoming match with Roger Federer. It will be their 50th match, with Djokovic leading the series 26-23:

Obviously tremendous respect for Roger, everything he has achieved in this sport and he’s been one of the all-time greats and definitely one of my two biggest rivals. I’ve been saying this many times and I’ll repeat again: The match-ups against Roger and Rafa have made me the player I am today so I’m grateful that I’ve had so many great matches against those guys. And I hope I get to at least one match point [smiling].

It’s quite amazing what he has done this on the court today and it’s not the first time he has done that in his career. That’s why he is who he is. Let the better player win.

Djokovic on his performance and his medical timeout to replace his contact lenses:

I wanna apologise to Milos because it’s not something you see often… It was not intentional or tactical. It was just something I had to do. [During] those games I couldn’t see much.

I felt great on the court. I thought I was very focused. First couple of sets went exactly the way I wanted to go. One break was enough each set and I was quite comfortable serving. That was obviously encouraging playing against Milos.

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Written by Tumaini Carayol
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/jan/28/australian-open-2020-novak-djokovic-v-milos-raonic-live under the title “Australian Open 2020: Djokovic beats Raonic in straight sets – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.