Preview: With History at Stake, Nole Soldiers On
When you’re chasing history, as Novak Djokovic is, you do whatever it takes to put yourself in a position to compete, to win. That often means sacrifice. For Djokovic — in pursuit of career-long rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal — that can mean anything from time away from family, adherence to a strict diet and, sometimes, pushing through injury. When the Serb slipped to the court early in the third set of his third-round matchup with American Taylor Fritz on Friday night, left splayed across the MELBOURNE logo, he knew he had over-stressed, perhaps even torn, an abdominal muscle. He...
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