Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 14, 2021 General view during the fourth round match between Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Canada's Milos Raonic. REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic battled through discomfort from a side injury to win his 300th Grand Slam match in a 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1 6-4 victory over Canada's Milos Raonic on Sunday.
Djokovic had not hit a tennis ball since his five-set epic against Taylor Fritz two days ago, skipping practice to recover to play Raonic and the Serb kept his bid for a record-extending ninth title in Melbourne alive.
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