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CNN —Novak Djokovic continued his pursuit of a record-breaking 25th grand slam title with victory against Taylor Fritz in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Remarkably, Djokovic is now on a 33-match winning streak in Melbourne and remains on course to win an 11th Australian Open crown. Fritz, meanwhile – playing in his third grand slam quarterfinal and first at the Australian Open – engineered two set points at 6-5 only for the world No. After taking the first set in a tie break, Djokovic was immediately broken and trailed for the remainder of the second set as Fritz leveled the match. One daunting statistic for his next opponent: Djokovic has never lost any of his 10 previous semifinals at the Australian Open.
Persons: CNN — Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Djokovic, Opta, Monica Seles, , ” Djokovic, Fritz, meanwhile –, , Julian Finney, Margaret Court, – Djokovic, Daniel Pockett, Andrey Rublev Organizations: CNN, Getty Locations: Melbourne, Australian
CNN —Novak Djokovic has urged Wimbledon organizers to start matches earlier on Centre Court to avoid play being stopped by the tournament’s curfew. However, since 2009, play is stopped on Wimbledon’s show courts at 11 p.m. local time (6 p.m. The 23-time grand slam champion Djokovic plays the majority of matches on Centre Court – with matches starting at 1.30 p.m local time – but says the curfew throws up issues for players. I think it would make a difference.”Djokovic's match against Hubert Hurkacz was stopped on Sunday as play approached the curfew. The curfew was introduced for the opening of the Centre Court roof in 2009.”The AELTC did not immediately respond to CNN Sport’s request for comment.
Persons: CNN — Novak Djokovic, Djokovic, Djokovic’s, Hubert Hurkacz, ” Djokovic, , Zac Goodwin, Stan Wawrinka, Wawrinka, , Russia’s Andrey Rublev, Elina Svitolina, Świątek Organizations: CNN, Wimbledon, Court, Lawn Tennis, Croquet Locations: Serbian
Australian Open organizers have issued a reminder to players and their entourages about their policy on “inappropriate flags” after a video emerged showing Novak Djokovic’s father posing for pictures with fans holding Russian flags. Four fans with “inappropriate flags and symbols” were questioned by Victoria Police following Wednesday’s quarter-final between Djokovic and Russia’s Andrey Rublev. Late on Wednesday another video showed Djokovic’s father Srdjan posing for pictures with fans holding Russian flags. Russian forces have used the letter “Z” as an identifying symbol on their vehicles in Ukraine following the invasion. Russian and Belarusian players were banned from Wimbledon last year but are able to compete as individual athletes without national affiliation at Melbourne Park.
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