djokovic admitted afterwards popryin was playing the better tennis. and it went all the way to a tie break in the third, that djokovic eventually won. from there, momentum shifted back to the serb, as he racked up his 30th successive victory at the australian open, his last defeat coming in 2018. you can see there what that hard—fought victory meant for him. it was more straight forward for the women's defending champion however. aryna sabalenka, who is the number two seed for this years tournament earlier beat the czech 16—year—old brenda fruhvirtova in straight sets. a bit of a fortuitous match point, but she is safely through into the third round in little over an hour. i'm not thinking about confidence, i'm not thinking about confidence, i'm just trying to play my best. and if it goes to two sets, i'm happy to win in two sets. and if it's three sets, i don't care. i'm just trying to focus on myself and fight for every point. and it's not like these two matches as giving me confidence. it's tennis and i have to be ready for anything, and i'm trying