ANALYSIS: De Minaur faces uphill battle but Djokovic has his own challenges in Australian Open showdown
He wore strapping on his injured leg during Saturday night's straight-sets defeat of Grigor Dimitrov and at times looked ill at ease with his movement around the court."I did not want to pull out for the tournament because I wanted to see how it's [hamstring] going to feel on the court," Djokovic said on Saturday.
The crowd will largely be in the corner of the young Australian, who himself has dropped just one set on his way to a second appearance in the last 16 in Melbourne. "It's a big challenge of playing an Aussie guy here in front of his home crowd," said fourth-seeded Djokovic.
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