Novak Djokovic was practically out of the Australian Open on Wednesday earlier than a stroke of luck despatched him into the semifinals. His quarterfinal opponent, Lorenzo Musetti, needed to retire halfway by way of the third set, whereas main by two units to none.
Djokovic got here into the battle having misplaced zero units in Melbourne, with an additional day of relaxation. The Serb additionally had a walkover within the fourth spherical after his opponent Jakub Mensik withdrew due to an stomach harm.
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Musetti, having taken out Taylor Fritz within the fourth spherical, began sturdy on Rod Laver Enviornment, taking the opening set 6-4 regardless of being down by a break to begin. He then wrapped up the second 6-3, breaking serve twice.
Within the third set, the Italian misplaced his opening serve to go behind, when he abruptly felt ache in his groin space. A medical timeout was instantly referred to as for, with Musetti wanting visibly in ache. Though he got here again to the courtroom, the fifth seed couldn’t transfer in addition to he favored, and introduced his retirement after only one sport.
Djokovic, due to this fact, was despatched although to the semifinals, the place he’ll tackle both World No. 2 Jannik Sinner or Ben Shelton.
Edited by Shyam Kamal
