{"id":1547,"date":"2024-01-15T03:49:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T03:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2024-01-15T03:49:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T03:49:06","slug":"croatian-challenged-novak-djokovic-at-ao-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/tennis\/croatian-challenged-novak-djokovic-at-ao-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"An 18-year-old Croatian player presented a significant challenge for Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On January 14, 2024, the Australian Open kicked off its 2024 edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serbia&#8217;s Novak Djokovic, the current world No. 1 in ATP rankings, secured a victory over 18-year-old Croatian qualifier, Dino Prizmic, in the 1\/64 finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The match unfolded over a four-hour duration, culminating in four sets and marking Djokovic&#8217;s 90th triumph on the Melbourne courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian Open 2024. 1\/64 Finals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Novak Djokovic (Serbia) [1] &#8211; Dino Prizmic (Croatia) [Q] &#8211; 6:2, 6:7 (5:7), 6:3, 6:4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the third set, Prizmic briefly led Djokovic 3:2 with a break, but he couldn&#8217;t maintain the advantage, ultimately losing four consecutive games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advancing to the 2nd round of the Australian major, Djokovic is set to face the winner of the match between Alexei Popyrin and Mark Polmans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s noteworthy that Djokovic boasts an impressive record as a 10-time champion of the Australian Open in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In earlier action, Yannick Sinner convincingly defeated Botic van de Zandschulp in three sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/tennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Tennis Livescore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">90 wins in Melbourne. Not too bad ? ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DjokerNole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@DjokerNole<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Ug7p8k7w4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0Ug7p8k7w4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustralianOpen\/status\/1746506835366949312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An extraordinary match concludes in the most sporting fashion.<br><br>The past and present of this game embraces and congratulates the future.<br><br>Novak goes through 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4, but young Dino Prizmic leaves a lasting impression.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AusOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#AusOpen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E4ZfCb0JcX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/E4ZfCb0JcX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustralianOpen\/status\/1746507838141133153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Recognised by his opponent and then the crowd.<br><br>Well done, Dino. We look forward to seeing you grace this stage again.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AusOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#AusOpen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c5GHSTU7pc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/c5GHSTU7pc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustralianOpen\/status\/1746508439675699465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prizmic Wins EPIC Rally Against Djokovic! | Australian Open 2024\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GJAtF5I11bs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 14, 2024, the Australian Open kicked off its 2024 edition. Serbia&#8217;s Novak Djokovic, the current world No. 1 in ATP rankings, secured a victory over 18-year-old Croatian qualifier, Dino Prizmic, in the 1\/64 finals. The match unfolded over a four-hour duration, culminating in four sets and marking Djokovic&#8217;s 90th triumph on the Melbourne&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world No. 1 in ATP rankings, secured a victory over 18-year-old Croatian qualifier, Dino Prizmic, in the 1\/64 finals.\n","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[472,96,626,627,429,19,105,473,106],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-australian-open","tag-australian-open-2024","tag-croatian","tag-dino-prizmic","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-2024","tag-tennis-championship","tag-tennis-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}