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VIDEO: Djokovic slides into brilliant, split-legged backhand pass

Issei Kato / REUTERS

No one on earth turns defense to offense faster than Novak Djokovic.

Andy Murray was reminded of that the hard way during the second set of the Australian Open on Sunday, when he was glacially slow approaching the net behind an inside-out forehand to the left corner.

Where just about any other player would've had to hit a defensive backhand slice, Djokovic darted across the baseline, slid into a split-legged two-hander, and wrangled it crosscourt for the pass.

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