Djokovic’s propensity to heave himself back into contention still endures, though, and he had the last laugh at the end of the match’s most jaw-dropping rally to break back for 4-3. He held for 4-4, broke for 5-4, served himself into the last eight for 6-4, and just like that De Minaur was out. This is, it turned out, still how it all works. After a song and dance, Djokovic still makes it through in the end.
