AO 2020: Novak powers into last 16
Novak continued his quest for an eighth Melbourne crown, following a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over Yoshihito Nishioka. He goes on to face 14th seed Diego Schwartzman on Sunday.
Novak cruises into Australian Open third round
The second seed outplayed Japanese wild card Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in just 95 minutes to reach the third round in Melbourne. He will face another Japanese, Yoshihito Nishioka (ATP #71) on Friday.
Novak begins quest for 8th AO title, captures 900th career win!
With a 7-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 victory over German Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round of the 2020 Australian Open, Novak become the sixth player in the Open Era to reach 900 tour-level wins.
2020 Australian Open draw revealed, Novak vs Struff in R1
The 2020 Australian Open official draw took place at Margaret Court Arena on Thursday. Novak, a record seven-time AO champion, is no.2 seed and will open title defence campaign on Monday when he meets world no.37 Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany (H2H 2-0).
Serbia win the inaugural ATP Cup title!
Team Serbia are the first ever ATP Cup champions! Lajovic suffered a 5-7, 1-6 defeat by Agut, then Novak beat Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (4) to even the tie. The world no.2 backed up his big singles win, teaming with Viktor Troicki in a deciding doubles match to beat Pablo Carreno Busta/Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-3, 6-4.
Novak and Lajovic clinch first victory for Serbia in Brisbane
Novak Djokovic and Dusan Lajovic both powered their way to singles wins for Team Serbia against South Africa on Saturday at the inaugural ATP Cup in Brisbane.
Field announced for 2020 inaugural ATP Cup in Australia
The field is set for the inaugural ATP Cup, to be held from 3-12 January, 2020, in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney. Top seed Serbia, led by Novak Djokovic, will play at the Pat Rafter Arena in Brisbane in Group A with France, South Africa and Chile.
AO: Novak cruises past Pouille to set up Nadal final showdown
Absolutely superb performance from Novak who beat no.28 seed Lucas Pouille 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 in just one hour and 23 minutes to power into his 24th major championship final (14-9 record)
Novak into final four after Nishikori retires
Novak is back in the Australian Open semi-finals after Kei Nishikori retired injured while trailing 6-1, 4-1. The six-time champion will face Lucas Pouille (FRA, 28) on Friday
Nole edges Medvedev to set up Nishikori quarter-final
Novak returned to the Australian Open quarterfinals for the 10th time in 15 years with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3 triumph over 15th seed Daniil Medvedev
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