Italy defeated Maestrelli 3-0
-
-
- ▲ Djokovic advanced to the third round of the Australian Open and achieved his 399th win in a major tournament. © Provided by Yonhap News
Tennis’ ‘living legend’ Novak Djokovic (Serbia) advanced to the third round of the men’s singles at the Australian Open tennis tournament.
Djokovic, ranked 4th in the world, defeated Francesco Maestrelli (Italy), ranked 141st in the world, 3-0 (6-3 6-2 6-2) in the second round of the men’s singles held in Melbourne, Australia on the 22nd (Korean time).
Djokovic, who is attempting to regain Australian Open supremacy for the first time in three years since 2023, achieved his 399th win in the singles finals of a major tournament with this victory. This is the record for the most wins among men and women, and if Djokovic wins in the third round of this tournament, he will reach 400 wins in the major singles finals for the first time in history.
In addition, if Djokovic, who has won a total of 24 singles titles in major tournaments, wins this tournament, he will become the first man or woman to win 25 times.
Djokovic will face the winner of the match between Botik van der Janjulf (75th, Netherlands) and Shang Juncheng (318th, China) in the third round.
In the women’s singles, world number 6 Jessica Pegula (USA) and world number 9 Madison Keys (USA) both reached the third round.
In the second round, Pegula defeated world number 37 McCartney Kessler (USA) 2-0 (6-0 6-2), and last year’s winner of the tournament, Keith, defeated world number 62 Ashlyn Kruger (USA) 2-0 (6-1 7-5).
