Djokovic has received and progressed to the second spherical however 18-year-old Croatian Dino Prizmic has put himself on the map as a rising star in males’s tennis.
The ten-time champion did sufficient to win the fourth set however didn’t have all of it his personal method as dropping a service sport and having the teenage Croatian earn a few video games earlier than dropping, he even batted off 4 match factors and held serve at 5-3.
Novak Djokovic.Credit score: Eddie Jim
Prizmic, ranked 178th on the planet, appears prepared for an enormous 12 months, whereas questions stay about how prepared Djokovic is to win an eleventh Australian Open.
We all know his high quality however the strikes from Prizmic tonight will ring out alongside the remainder of the draw.
It was the longest first-round match in Djokovic’s Grand Slam profession in keeping with the Channel 9 broadcast.