After winning Wimbledon in July, Novak Djokovic back to the final ATP circuit after being eliminated in the semifinals of the tournament of Tel Aviv from Russian Roman Safiullin (6-1 and 7-6) who reacted and demanded Balkan in the second set.
The former number one in the world He has not played on the circuit since defeating Australian Nick Kyrgios in London to add to his twenty-first Grand Slam. It’s been three months. Balkan appeared only last week to play the Laver Cup.
Now, Djokovic, who needs to accumulate merits to earn a place in the ATP Finals, is aiming for his third victory of 2022 in Tel Aviv. He won Wimbledon and the Masters 1000 in Rome and lost in the Belgrade final against Russian Andrey Rublev.
He took the clash with Safiullin, 101 in the ATP ranking and without any impact on the tournaments. It took him an hour and 35 minutes to resolve the clash that went haywire in the second set, where his opponent grew bigger and had to be resolved in a ‘tie break’.
Djokovic will play the final against the winner of the other semifinal, which will be between Frenchman Constant Lestienne and Croatian Marin Cilic, second seeded.
Source: La Verdad
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