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Novak Djokovic has admitted that he ‘wanted to lose’ a game after handing out a double bagel in his win over Adrian Mannarino. The world No 1 stormed through to the quarter-final of the Australian Open with an emphatic performance at Rod Laver Arena. Djokovic had not been at his best for the first two matches of the tournament against Dino Prizmic and Alexei Popyrin. But he turned up the heat with a straight-sets win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry on Friday before brushing Mannarino aside to reach the last eight. Djokovic saved two break points in the first game of the match. It was a big missed…

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