Australian Open<\/a> title with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 breeze past South Korea’s world number 52, talented 19-year-old Hyeon Chung in the Melbourne heat on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\nNovak needed one hour and 55 minutes to record his 51st victory at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n
The 10-time major winner dropped serve once, but otherwise was hardly troubled, breaking his opponent’s serve five times.<\/p>\n
“A nice opening match with real Australian summer conditions. <\/strong>There were some long rallies, long exchanges that got both of us a little bit short on air,” <\/strong>Novak said. “But I think physically I was really good on the court. I managed to play the best tennis when I needed to. I think serve is something that I take out from today’s match as the best part of my game. Got me a lot of free points, a lot of winners and aces from that shot. In days like this, you need to serve well.”<\/strong><\/p>\n“Having to play somebody for the first time, especially somebody that is as young as him, he’s only 19, it can be tricky. <\/strong>He moves very well. He can play equally well from defence to offence. And he’s one of the players that people are talking about as a potential top player in the future. He’s got that potential, no question about it. He needs experience, he needs more time.”<\/strong><\/p>\nMatch statistics<\/u>: aces (10-5), double faults (3-2), winners (40-16), unforced errors (27-29), total points won (94-64).<\/p>\n
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