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Djokovic: For Those About To Rock

Novak Djokovic rocked Margaret Court Arena with a little help from the immortals.

When Aussie rock legends AC/DC blared over the sound system, Djokovic fashioned his Head racquet into a guitar rocking to the delight of the crowd.

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"Everyone loves AC/DC, they're immortal, one of the best bands ever," Djokovic said after his Australian Open conquest of Albert Ramos-Vinolas.

The six-time Australian Open champion said rising stars are about ready to rock the majors.

The former No. 1 says this is peak time for quality of play, which opens major opportunity for young players.

"I think that's why the quality of tennis is higher today than it was maybe 12, 13 years ago," Djokovic told the media. "That's why you see also younger players that are strong, physically fit. We didn't have, in last 15 years, teenagers winning slams like was the case 20, 30 years ago.

"The way the professionalism in tennis is going, and where it's going, I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if you have teenage players maybe winning a slam in the future."

Six of the Australian Open's final 16—Diego Schwartzman, Nick Kyrgios, Kyle Edmund, Dominic Thiem, Hyeon Chung and Marton Fucsovics—are age 25 or younger; Grigor Dimitrov, Tennys Sandgren and Pablo Carreno Busta are each 26-years-old.

Djokovic said the physical maturity of younger players makes him think a major breakthrough is imminent.

"If you see guys like Chung or Kyrgios, these guys are 20, 21 years old, they look much older than they are actually, Djokovic said. "You can see the amount of focus they have, quality of tennis that is right up there.

"I think that's probably the biggest change."

Photo credit: Mark Peterson

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