37-year-old Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the second round of the Australian Open.
He defeated US representative Nishesh Basavareddy in his first round match.
The match, which lasted 2 hours and 57 minutes, ended with scores of 4:6, 6:3, 6:4, 6:2.
In the second round, the Serbian who won the championship will face Portuguese Jamie Faria, who defeated Russian Pavel Kotov in the opening match with sets of 6:1, 6:1, 7:5.
The Australian Open started on January 12. The tournament will last until January 26.
On March 6, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced its decision to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete in neutral status at the Olympic Games in France. Russians and Belarusians will be able to compete in the 2024 Olympics if they comply with the neutral athlete principles previously formulated by the IOC. Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider reached the final of the women’s doubles at the Olympic tournament and lost to the Italian couple Sara Errani/Yasmin Paolini. The remaining tennis players from Russia did not win a medal at the Games.
Previously Djokovic did not speak About finding evidence of poisoning at the Australian Open.
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Source: Gazeta
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