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 By Shrivathsa Sridhar
MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic steamrolled local hope Alex de Minaur 6-2
6-1 6-2 on Monday to ease into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a statement win in his quest for a 10th title at the Grand Slam that has only been threatened by a hamstring issue.
Djokovic drew first blood after a breathless start
to the match when De Minaur crashed a forehand into the
net to allow the fourth seed to go up 4-2 and the Serbian consolidated the break and struck again to claim the first set.
Having never lost at Melbourne Park since the fourth round
in 2018 the 35-year-old was in no mood to give De Minaur a sniff
of a chance on Rod Laver Arena, as he raced out of the blocks and
dominated his opponent with blistering shots on both wings.
Up two sets to love and with his heavily-strapped hamstring cooperating after scares in the last two rounds, Djokovic
moved in for the kill by taking the first four games of the third and finished in style to gear
up for fifth seed Andrey Rublev next.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Melbourne Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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