Novak Djokovic escaped what would surely have been a demoralising straight-sets defeat when his opponent – fifth seed Lorenzo Musetti – pulled a muscle in his right thigh.

Novak Djokovic got off to a winning start at the Australian Open and navigated his first round with ease but found an unsual post-match interview awaited

MELBOURNE, Australia — Jakub Menšík has withdrawn from the Australian Open, sending Novak Djokovic into the quarterfinals. The highly-rated Czech, who beat Djokovic in the Miami Open final last March, said in a statement posted on social media that he had to withdraw due to an abdominal injury.

The tennis star previously was defaulted from the 2020 US Open for inadvertently hitting a line judge in the throat while he was frustrated