Roberto Bautista, during his match against Mmoh.
Roberto Bautista continues with his full victory in 2020. Eight in his eight games so far this year. The Spanish tennis player got rid of the young American Michael Mmoh, invited to the tournament, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1, in a duel “in the face of a dog, very ugly to see and play.”
“It was very windy, the only thing we could do is fight and try to put the ball inside because tennis could be done justito,” commented the Castellon, who will face the Croatian next round Marin Cilic.
“Now I have to think about the next round, which will be very difficult and stay with the positive of today, which is to have left the first track with the conditions that were with an equal set,” added Baptist, who reached the quarterfinals in the previous edition. Finally, the Spanish record that was already faced in the previous Australian Open to the Croatian in the round of 16, which he could win in three sleeves.
Djokovic and Federer, overwhelming
Novak Djokovic, current champion, forget the troubles of his premiere against the German Jan-Lennard Struff, before which he gave a set, and solved his second game with much authority against the Japanese Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 .
The Belgrade signed a meeting of great quality and showing an almost unknown facet of 'caonero' to achieve 16 direct serves. His rival only snatched six points from the rest and did not oppose much resistance, except in the second set, to let Djokovic go free to a third round where he bumps into another Japanese, Yoshihito Nishioka.
He also had a second placid match at Melbourne Park the Swiss Roger Federer, third head of the series, which hardly took an hour and a half to get rid of the Serbian Filip Krajinovic in three sets by 6-1, 6-4, 6-1. The one from Basel, who now comes across the Australian John Millman, went up to 42 winners, 14 with his 'drive', and his only must in the match was the 'break' embedded in the second set and that allowed his rival match.
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