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Novak Djokovic discusses his Australian Open second round win on Thursday.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Novak Djokovic, top seed:
(On Rafael Nadal's tough second round match)
"Definitely was not expected to see him playing four and a half hours against (Tim) Smyczek. People expect him and top players to dominate most of the matches that they play on, especially in the opening rounds of a Grand Slam. This is tennis. This is sport. People need to realize that other players are playing as well as the top players do. In the Grand Slams, you have motivation more. If you have a fight like they had last night, you just have to congratulate the better player."

SOUNDBITE (English) Novak Djokovic, top seed:
(On Tim Smyczek giving Rafael Nadal his first serve back after a person in the crowd shouted during it)
"I've seen actually the great gentleman gesture and sportsmanship from Smyczek in the last game. I think that's something that people should talk about. This is something that is not very common in the sport today, you know, where media and people generally emphasize on the rivalries, feisty, aggressive kind of approach to matches. It's nice to have something that is greater than sport itself, you know, the sportsmanship and fair play."

SOUNDBITE (English) Novak Djokovic, top seed:
(On his second round win)
"First two sets definitely have been great. Overall I executed the game plan. Everything I intended to do, almost 100%, from every second in my game, serve, baseline play, aggressive shots and aggressive returns. He dropped his first-serve percentage a lot in the second set and obviously allowed me to have a lot of looks at the second serves. That, as well, gave me an opportunity to step in and just swing through the ball."