Novak Djokovic: It could have gone either way in last two sets

Djokovic wouldn’t go down with a fight, saving three set points.

Former No.1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki lost 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 to Yulia Putintseva, continuing a downward spiral at Melbourne Park that has resulted in her exiting one round earlier each year since she reached the 2011 semifinals.

“I look forward to playing the best in the world and that’s what she’s proven in the a year ago”.

“You can pick any match that you like that the top player lost and just create a story out of it”.

The 10-time Grand Slam champion battled for four hours, 32 minutes before winning 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 and will now play Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the last eight.

Djokovic whistled through the opening set, with two service breaks in just 25 minutes, but he encountered stiffer opposition in the following set. He produced two break points, down 1-5, and converted on the second.

Nigel Sears, the coach of Ana Ivanovic and father-in-law of Andy Murray, is expected to be released from a Melbourne hospital later Sunday, a day after he collapsed in Rod Laver Arena during Ivanovic’s third-round match.

The controversy has overshadowed the first week of the Australian Open ever since the BBC and Buzzfeed’s investigation was reported on the eve of the tournament.

Ivanovic’s match against Madison Keys was halted for about an hour on Saturday night while medics attended to Sears in the stands. Which slam?”But until the names come out – and you have to assume they will, because these days, there are no secrets – many players may be painted with a brush that’s way too broad. I don’t even know what round I’m playing and I am just trying to focus on what I have to do and try to get a good recovery for my next match”.

” The 30-year-old said it was a hard decision to retire ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio”. “I hate to say that but you are absolutely right”.

Djokovic had only lost to Simon once previously, but the counter-punching Frenchman put up a fight few would have predicted.

“Talent takes you only so far. The incident has been closed”. Djoker was 11-and-oh going into this contest against the Italian – but Seppi has been known to cause upsets, as he beat Roger Federer in the same stage of last year’s Aussie Open.

Djokovic was sloppy throughout, but still managed to extend his run to 27 consecutive grand slam quarter-finals appearances. He saved break points to hold serve in the first game and was denied the chance to break Djokovic in the sixth game.

Quickly in the next game, the ten-time grand slam champion easily held, sending the second set into a tiebreaker.

Bencic again found herself on the wrong end of an opponent’s ace count.

Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska swept past Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig Friday and into the Australian Open fourth round as she continued her relentless march towards the tournament second week. That will be followed by defending champion Serena Williams’ match against Russian Margarita Gasparyan.

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic revealed someone tried to offer him $200,000 to lose a game in 2007.