Dokic fesses up to Djokovic over 17-year fib

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After his comprehensive triumph implicit Grigor Dimitrov connected Saturday night, Novak Djokovic was interviewed connected the tribunal by Nine commentator Jelena Dokic, who helium archetypal met astir 2 decades ago.

"I haven't seen you successful ages," helium said.

When pushed by the Aussie legend, helium correctly guessed that they spoke successful 2006 - 2 years earlier helium won the Australian Open for the archetypal time, and 2 years aft they had a signifier deed together.

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That's erstwhile Dokic made a hilarious confession.

"You came to maine successful 2006, and you said 'hi I'm Novak Djokovic, bash you retrieve me?' And I said to you 'yes I do', and I person to admit, I didn't. We deed 2 years earlier - I pretended I did, but I decidedly cognize who you are now!"

That brought large applause from the crowd, arsenic did what Djokovic said next.

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"I was looking up to you, obviously. You played for Australia but you came from our region, we talk the aforesaid connection and you were a large prima astatine the time," said the Serbian.

"I was truly blessed to play with you, it's large to spot you again."

"The pleasance was each mine," she replied.

Djokovic's bully natured on-court interrogation followed different ruthless show connected Rod Laver Arena, with the nine-time Australian Open dispelling concerns implicit his hamstring injury.

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After being pushed to a tiebreak successful the archetypal acceptable by Dimitrov, Djokovic ran distant with it to conserve his assemblage with a invaluable consecutive sets victory, finishing disconnected the Bulgarian 7-6 (9-7), 6-3, 6-4.

He said his hamstring had felt bully astatine the commencement of the lucifer but had got worse arsenic the lucifer wore on, adjacent if the scoreline didn't bespeak that comment.

"Yeah, pills footwear in, immoderate blistery pick and stuff. That works for a small bit, past it doesn't, past works again. It's truly a rollercoaster, honestly," Djokovic said.

"It requires a batch of vigor that is being spent from my broadside mentally and physically arsenic well, to woody with the lucifer and my hostile and besides with not perfect carnal state."

Djokovic faces Australian prima Alex de Minaur successful the 4th circular and said helium expected a "big challenge". The brace person ne'er played each different before.

"I deliberation we don't cognize overmuch astir each other's games, but inactive we cognize each different beauteous good due to the fact that he's been astir for rather a fewer years. I've watched him play galore times. I cognize however helium plays," Djokovic added.

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