MELBOURNE, Australia – Novak Djokovic, mai rike da kambun Grand Slam guda 24, ya ci gaba da neman tarihi a gasar Australian Open ta 2025 bayan ya doke Jaime Faria daga Portugal da maki 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2 a zagaye na biyu. Djokovic, wanda ya lashe gasar sau 10, ya fara wasan cikin sauri amma ya sha wahala a wasan biyu inda Faria ya yi nasarar daukar set.
Faria, mai shekaru 21, ya yi fice a wasan biyu inda ya yi amfani da karfin sa na wasa a kan Djokovic. Duk da haka, Djokovic ya dawo da kansa a wasan na uku kuma ya kare wasan da nasara a wasan na hudu. Djokovic ya ce, “Faria ya yi wasa mai kyau, amma na yi kokari na kare wasan da kyau.”
A wasu wasannin, Carlos Alcaraz, mai rike da lamba 3 a duniya, ya ci Yoshihito Nishioka da maki 6-0, 6-1, yana nuna cewa shi ne dan wasan da za a yi la’akari da shi a gasar. Alcaraz ya ce, “Ina kokarin kara inganta wasana kowace rana, kuma ina fatan zan iya ci gaba da yin kyau.”
Naomi Osaka, tsohuwar zakara, ta sha wahala a hannun Karolina Muchova da maki 1-6, 6-3, 4-6, inda ta kasa ci gaba zuwa zagaye na uku. Osaka ta ce, “Ba wannan ba ne wasan da nake so, amma zan dawo da kwarin gwiwa.”
A wasan da ya shafi ‘yan wasan Australia, Jordan Thompson ya sha kashi a hannun Nuno Borges da maki 4-6, 5-7, 4-6, yayin da James Duckworth ya yi rashin nasara a hannun Roberto Carballes Baena da maki 4-6, 2-6, 4-6.
