240 minutes in four sets! Deyo refused to beat off the 18-year-old and won 29 consecutive victories at the Australian Open

On January 14, Beijing time, the first match day of the Australian Open was contested. In the first round of the Men's Singles, the tournament's top seed Novak Djokovic meets qualifier Pridzmić. In this match, Djokovic encountered stubborn resistance from the Croatian youngster, and he finally withstood the pressure and won 3-1 in four sets, making it his 29th consecutive Australian Open victory.

In the first set, Deyo broke the tie at the beginning and took a 2-0 lead. In the seventh game, Deyo broke his opponent's serve again, and then he successfully held serve to win the first set 6-2.

In the fourth game of the second set, Deyo lost his serve, and in the fifth game he quickly broke back. After that, both sides held serve and the match was dragged into a tie-break. In the tie-break, Deyo saved 4 set points, but still lost 5-7.

In the third set, Djokovic broke first in the second game, and his opponent broke back in the third game. In the fifth game, Djokovic fought hard to send the ball again, and then he broke back in the sixth game to tie it at 3-3. In the seventh game, Deyo saved two consecutive break points to hold serve, in the eighth game he completed a crucial break, and then in the ninth game, Deyo held serve to win the set and won the third set 6-3.

In the fourth set, Deyo broke twice in the first and third games to take a 4-0 lead in the opening game. In the sixth game, Deyo's serve was lost, and the opponent then held serve to chase it to 3-4. In the ninth game, Pulizmic saved four match points to hold serve, and then Djokovic successfully held serve to win the game and win the fourth set 6-4.

In a match that took 4 hours and 00 minutes, Djokovic defeated 18-year-old Pulizmić 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Australian Open. In the next round, Djokovic will meet the winner of the two homegrown players, Popyrin and Polmans.