MELBOURNE — With every loud squeak of his court-hue blue shoes, Novak Djokovic put himself in perfect position to control a point - and step closer to a record seventh Australian Open championship.
Djokovic was downright flawless right from the outset of his semifinal against an overmatched No. 28 Lucas Pouille and never relented, not for a moment, en route to a 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 victory in less than 1+ hours Friday night.
Of all the ways in which Djokovic dominated, perhaps this was the most impressive: He made a total of an unheard-of five unforced errors.