MELBOURNE: After dropping sets in his first two matches at the Australian Open, Russian wonder Mirra Andreeva will aim to continue her run of massive victories over big opponents on Friday. Novak Djokovic will be subjected to yet another intense examination.
Following an intense first-round encounter, the top-seeded Serbian player, Alexei Popyrin, was on the court for over three hours on Wednesday.
On Rod Laver Arena in the evening, he will try to win his eleventh Melbourne title and the incredible twenty-fiveth Grand Slam trophy. He will face the highly skilled Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry, who terminated Andy Murray’s tournament before defeating Gael Monfils.
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Regarding the 30th seed, Djokovic remarked, “His results are really impressive; he’s obviously playing maybe the tennis of his life on the hard court.”
“I have to be very, very prepared and ready for that.”
