In reaching the last 16, Djokovic has set up a showdown with 22nd seed and home favourite Alex de Minaur. The Aussie has only dropped one set so far with wins over Yu Hsiou Hsu, Adrian Mannarino and Benjamin Bonzi in Melbourne, while he will be bidding to make it into the quarter-finals for the first time in his career.
Djokovic’s gutsy showing against Dimitrov will serve as a warning to De Minaur that the Serb doesn’t plan to give up easily and is prepared to play through pain. “My situation with my injury is not ideal. I don’t want to go too deep into it, but the good thing is we have a day off in between the matches,” said Djokovic after victory over Couacaud on Thursday.
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