– Are you going to take that or not?, he said to a person in the audience whose phone rang in the middle of the match.
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But it was much tougher than many had thought in advance against the Croatian talent Dino Prizmic, who was playing in a Grand Slam for the first time.
– He deserves every applause he got here tonight. He is an incredible player, very mature for his age. He handled himself on the pitch very well, a great match. This is his moment, quite frankly. He might as well have won this match, Djokovic praised.
Prizmic, who despite receiving treatment early in the match and having to bandage his thigh, held out against Djokovic for over four hours – the first ever to do so in a first round. The match lasted a little over four hours.
Above all, a point during the match got the crowd in Australia going. It was at the end of the match and Djokovic took it home. Commenting on the match, injured player Nick Kyrgios just laughed and said:
– When everyone else gets tired, he only gets better. It looks like Roger (Federer), Kyrgios referred.