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Djokovic to the third round at the Australian Open

The Grand Slam match was a record 430th for Djokovic.

10:37•Updated 11:24

Novak Djokovic advanced to the men’s singles third round at the Australian Open.

The Serbian star, ranked seventh in the tournament, defeated Portugal in the second round Jaime Farian set 3–1 (6–1, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2).

The Grand Slam match was a record 430th for Djokovic. He moved past the top of the statistics alone Roger Federer’swho played 290 grand slam matches.

Djokovic will next face the 26th-ranked Czech Tomas Machacinwho defeated the United States in their own match Reilly Opelka lot 3–2.

Djokovic has won the Australian Open ten times.

Updated at 11:17: Corrected batch numbers.

Updated at 11:24: Added information about the record number of matches.

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