The match between Djokovic and Prismic lasted for four hours and one minute.

Serbia’s star tennis player Novak Djokovic won his first match in Australia Open 2024. On Sunday, Djokovic, 36, defeated 178th-ranked 18-year-old Dino Prismic of Croatia in four sets (6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4) in the first round in Melbourne. Djokovic bid for his 25th Grand Slam singles title.

Djokovic played the heaviest Grand Slam first round match ever against Prismic. This match lasted four hours and one minute. Djokovic won his last 48 Grand Slam first-round matches in less than three hours.

Djokovic made a comeback after losing in the second set

After a routine first set, Djokovic was challenged by Prismic. They appear in scenes of speed Djokovic crisis. Djokovic fought back and took the game to a tie-breaker. Prismic directly accepted Djokovic’s challenge and won the second set. This was the second time in 17 years that Djokovic had lost any set in the first round.

Prismic showed that it is ready for the fight as it was down 2-0 at the beginning of the third set, but came back and made the score 2-2.

The professionals were forcing the experienced player to panic on the court. However, after the sixth game, Djokovic improved his game and led 2–1 in 3 consecutive games. Djokovic won the fourth set easily 6-4.

Nova Djokovic won the match after Prismic’s stardom.

Youth have strong game plan – Djokovic
Djokovic said after the match that, obviously, I struggled at times tonight, but the credit goes to Prismic’s gameplan. He just had an answer for every shot. Filey they are strong.

Djokovic further said, Prismic is the title of every director, every credit that he got tonight. I must say he is amazing, at the age of 18 he appears to be in maturity. To be honest, this is his moment. This could easily be their match too.

Prismic, the 2023 French Open junior champion, was making his Grand Slam main draw debut.

Tennis legend Andre Agassi (on the beach) watching a match.

Batsman won 90th match in Australia Open
Djokovic won his 29th consecutive match at the Australian Open. At the same time, he won his 90th match in the tournament. Kolkata’s highest record in this tournament is in the name of Roger Federer, he has won 102 matches in Melbourne.