“Today Novak played much better than in our previous matches.
I confess that I tried not to think about the possible injury of Djokovic.
I just tried to repeat to myself: “Don’t give up, try to play one more game, you never know what can happen,” Rublev was quoted as saying by Match TV.
The meeting lasted 2 hours 4 minutes and ended with a score of 6:1, 6:2, 6:4 in favor of the Serbian tennis player.
In the semi-finals of the tournament, Djokovic will play with the American Tommy Paul, who defeated his compatriot Ben Shelton.
Earlier, Djokovic commented on the victory over Rublev in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.