Eight-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic beat Milos Raonic in 4 units to advance to the quarterfinals and register his three hundredth win in a Grand Slam match.
Prime-ranked Djokovic is simply the second participant to succeed in the 300-win milestone after Roger Federer.
Djokovic damage a abdomen muscle when he fell throughout his third-round victory over Taylor Fritz and he skipped observe on Saturday.
There have been considerations he wouldn’t recuperate in time for his match towards Raonic however the defending champion went onto Rod Laver Enviornment with out displaying any noticeable indicators of bother. He was sporting tape above his proper hip.
The 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win prolonged Djokovic’s unbeaten streak to 12 straight towards Raonic, the 2016 Wimbledon finalist.
Djokovic mentioned he’s going to arrange as finest as he can for his subsequent match towards Alexander Zverev, however solely as a result of it’s one of many huge 4 tournaments in tennis.
He mentioned: “If it’s some other event than a Grand Slam, then I’d withdraw from that occasion, that’s for positive. However as a result of it’s a Grand Slam I need to do my finest to recuperate.”