{"id":81329,"date":"2023-01-23T15:22:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/djokovic-downs-de-minaur-to-storm-into-australian-open-quarterfinals"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:22:12","slug":"djokovic-downs-de-minaur-to-storm-into-australian-open-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/djokovic-downs-de-minaur-to-storm-into-australian-open-quarterfinals","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic downs de Minaur to storm into Australian Open quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Novak Djokovic powered into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a straight-set win over Alex de Minaur on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian star made light work of the Australian 24th seed, wrapping up a 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 victory at the Rod Laver Arena in just over two hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot say I\u2019m sorry you haven\u2019t watched a longer match,\u201d Djokovic joked after the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanted to win in straight sets. Obviously, you never know what\u2019s going to happen on the court. You have to deal with a lot of things on and off the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, who is chasing a record-extending 10th Australian Open title, will face Russian Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Rublev, seeded fifth, edged Danish teenager Holger Rune in a marathon five-set thriller.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old saved two match points as he eventually won 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (11-9) after three hours and 37 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never in my life was able to win matches like this,\u201d Rublev said in a post-match interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first ever time that I won something like this &#8230; so it\u2019s something I will remember for sure all my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another quarterfinal clash set up on Monday will be an all-American affair between 20-year-old Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul, who is ranked 35th in the world.<\/p>\n<p><b>Australian Open men\u2019s singles quarterfinals:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Karen Khachanov vs Sebastian Korda<\/p>\n<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jiri Lehecka<\/p>\n<p>Andrey Rublev vs Novak Djokovic<\/p>\n<p>Ben Shelton vs Tommy Paul<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Novak Djokovic powered into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a straight-set win over Alex de Minaur on Monday. The Serbian star made light work of the Australian 24th seed, wrapping up a 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 victory at the Rod Laver Arena in just over two hours. \u201cI cannot say I\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":81327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-81329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Djokovic downs de Minaur to storm into Australian Open quarterfinals - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/djokovic-downs-de-minaur-to-storm-into-australian-open-quarterfinals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Djokovic downs de Minaur to storm into Australian Open quarterfinals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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