Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 16-29 January |
Coverage: Commentary each time from 07:00 GMT connected BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 'Tennis Breakfast' unrecorded from Melbourne, with selected unrecorded substance commentaries and lucifer reports connected the BBC Sport website & app |
Novak Djokovic struggled with much hamstring troubles arsenic helium bushed Grigor Dimitrov to scope the past 16 of the Australian Open.
Djokovic received a aesculapian timeout aft helium edged the opening acceptable successful a 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 6-4 triumph implicit the Bulgarian 27th seed.
The 35-year-old had received attraction connected an existing hamstring wounded in his erstwhile match.
The nine-time victor was successful disposable symptom passim the 3rd set.
Djokovic adjacent faces Australian 22nd effect Alex de Minaur who bushed France's Benjamin Bonzi successful consecutive sets.
The Serb, who played with strapping connected his near thigh, has been troubled with a hamstring wounded since helium won the Adelaide International title earlier this month.
He is hoping to triumph a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam rubric astatine Melbourne Park.
Ninth effect Holger Rune besides precocious successful consecutive sets, with the Dane cruising past Frenchman Ugo Humbert.