Tennis - Australian Open - Second Round - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 22, 2020 - Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates winning the match against Japan’s Tatsuma Ito. REUTERS/Issei Kato
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Defending champion Novak Djokovic banished the ghosts of wildcards past by despatching Japan's Tatsuma Ito 6-1 6-4 6-2 to sail into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday.
The world number two was famously knocked out of the second round at Melbourne Park by Uzbek wildcard Denis Istomin three years ago in the upset of the tournament.
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