Novak Djokovic was ruthless last night. 🔥 The performance prompted a blunt answer about him from Alex de Minaur. 👀 9WWOS AusOpen
But in his fourth-round demolition job he hardly skipped a beat as he produced arguably the most dominant tennis fans have seen at this Open.
It was markedly different to round two, when he pulled up grabbing at his hamstring and then had to leave the court for medical attention.American great Jim Courier inadvertently rankled Djokovic post-match on Monday when he suggested, "It's obvious that you're dealing with an issue on your left leg"."Thankyou Jim, but tonight it wasn't obvious I was dealing with an injury. I mean... I didn't feel anything today," Djokovic said."Today was great.
"I was feeling very good in the first match, second match not so great. So I know that things can change really quickly.Novak Djokovic seemingly overcame his hamstring injury in a big win over Alex de Minaur. The side note to the saga is Djokovic has been accused previously of making injuries look worse than they are, in order to gain a psychological advantage of sorts.
"I'm not saying it's gamesmanship, it's pretty obvious he has a bit of a niggle, but at times it looks like it's about to snap off, so he's playing it up nicely here and there, but you know, that's Novak,"
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