Australian Open Day Nine: Live score and game-by-game updates as Novak Djokovic responds to Channel 9 presenter’s ‘hollow’ apology, as Jannik Sinner scares fans with worrying moment

Good afternoon and welcome back to an insanely hot day at Melbourne Park.

I’m just going to jump straight in as it’s been a busy hour here in the media centre.

Novack Djokovic has issued a response to Tony Jones’ apology earlier this morning in a statement via Tennis Australia.

I’m sure you will have seen the huge saga unfold over the past few days, but if not, Jones came under fire for his rather explosive comments during a live television broadcast with Channel 9 in Australia.

The broadcaster had ‘offended and insulted’ Djokovic, after he had claimed the 24-time Grand Slam winner was a ‘has been’ in a bizarre television segment.

Yesterday evening, Djokovic booked his passage to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the 15th time in his distinguished career.

But after the match, he stayed to conduct a post-match interview only briefly, before revealing in his press conference that he would not be doing any further interviews on-court until he received a public apology from Jones.

Jones claimed this morning that he had reached out to Djokovic’s team over the past few days to apologise and had also issued a statement to a Balkan TV and news outlet SportKlub, again saying sorry for his comments on television.

It has all kicked off since then, with some branding his apology this morning ‘hollow’ while others, including Nick Kyrgios have lashed out at the Channel 9 presenter.

Djokovic though, has accepted his apology and now wants to move on from the moment that has engulfed the tournament over the past few days.

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