Novak withstood the Jaime Faria challenge and won 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 to advance in Melbourne. Next up for the 10-time Australian Open champion will be a third-round meeting with 26th seed from Czech Republic, Tomas Machac (1-1).
Four-time former champion Novak Djokovic started quest for 100th tour-level title by beating 20-year-old American Alex Michelsen 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9) in his Rolex Shanghai Masters opener.
Four-time US Open champion advanced to the third round on Wednesday evening when his countryman Laslo Djere retired early in the third set. The second seed led 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 before the retirement under the closed roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Birthday boy Novak Djokovic recorded milestone 1100th career victory beating Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3 at the Gonet Geneva Open to progress into the last eight at the ATP 250 event. The Serbian star joined Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer with 1100 or more wins in the Open Era. Next up is Tallon Griekspoor.
Top seed Novak Djokovic defeated world no.69 Aleksandar Vukic 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to advance into the third round at the BNP Paribas Open. It is his first appearance in the Indian Wells Tennis Garden since 2019.
Novak outclassed battling Jordan Thompson with a 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 victory to book his spot in the Wimbledon third round. His next rival will be Stan Wawrinka (SUI, ATP #88).
Novak advanced into the third round, defeating Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6 (5) 6-2 at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Next up is Grigor Dimitrov (BUL, 26, H2H 10-1).
The world no.1 made a winning return to action on Tuesday, when he defeated ATP no.198 Ivan Gakhov 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the third round. He will next play no.16 seed Lorenzo Musetti.
Novak advanced to the last eight of the Adelaide International 1 by defeating Frenchman Quentin Halys 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Thursday. He goes on to face no.7 seed Denis Shapovalov of Canada (7-0 H2H record).
