Djokovic had needed a medical time-out towards the end of the first set after seeming to tweak his left calf, but he still won it after a marathon tie-break despite grimacing with every serve. Yet despite Djokovic moving more freely, Auger-Aliassime hit back in the second before the roof rumpus began. Third seed Auger-Aliassime had only dropped serve once this fortnight, but Djokovic finally managed to break him to love on his way to the third set. A break apiece sent the fourth into a tie-break, won convincingly by Auger-Aliassime, and the decider rumbled towards a first-to-10 shoot-out before Djokovic…
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