After Monica Seles (33 wins in a row between 1991 and 1999), Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is now the second player in the Open Era to win more than 30 straight singles matches at the Australian Open.
On Friday at the major tournament, Djokovic won his 31st straight match, accomplishing the remarkable feat.
To get to the fourth round, he overcame Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-2).
In the event that Djokovic wins his 25th Grand Slam championship, he will surpass Australian Margaret Court’s record.
In the following round, he will play either American Ben Shelton or Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.
In his first two rounds in Melbourne, Djokovic had to win four sets to defeat Dino Prizmic and Alexei Popyrin; however, against Etcheverry, the 36-year-old appeared more in control of the match. He regularly created angles to keep his opponent moving and hit some excellent deep groundstrokes.
I felt that the match was excellent. In his on-court interview, Djokovic stated, “It was the best performance I had throughout this tournament.” “I’m happy with how I played the entire match, especially the first two sets,” the player said.
“In the third set, he stepped up and raised his game probably one or two levels, and we went toe-to-toe.” I guess I just found the correct serves and shots to close the tie-break.This week in Melbourne, Etcheverry defeated Gael Monfils and Andy Murray in straight sets, showing good play, but the Argentine had few answers for Djokovic.
