The world no1 has not misplaced a match in Melbourne since 2018 however was given a scare on Sunday after dropping the second set in opposition to Prizmic.
The 18-year-old was briefly a break up within the third in a gruelling contest that lasted over 4 hours earlier than Djokovic took management to seal a 6-2 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-4 victory.
Prizmic was taking part in in the primary draw of a grand slam for the primary time after battling his manner via three rounds of qualifying with Djokovic insisting ‘we’re going to see quite a lot of him sooner or later’ after his battle with the Croatian.
‘He deserves all of the applause. He’s a tremendous participant, he dealt with himself extremely nicely on the court docket. That is his second,’ Djokovic stated.
‘It might simply have been his match as nicely. He fought from 4-0 down [in the fourth set] and break factors down.
‘He confirmed nice mentality and resilience. He made me actually run for my cash tonight.
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