Decider: Djokovic regroups to send Australian Open final to fifth set – Follow LIVE
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Updated 02/02/2020 at 12:03 GMT
Novak Djokovic has won the fourth set to send his Australian Open final against Dominic Thiem to a fifth and deciding set.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after a point against Austria's Dominic Thiem during their men's singles final match on day fourteen of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on February 2, 2020
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Djokovic took a one-set lead and looked set to add an eighth Australian Open crown to his collection.
However, Thiem battled back taking the second and third sets to move within a set of a first Grand Slam title, with the second set was notable for Djokovic raging at the umpire after he was given two time violations on his serve.
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Yet the Serbian player secured a crucial break in game nine of the fourth set before serving it out to love to send the final to a decider.
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