the serbian Novak Djokovic respond in time and force against the Austrians Sebastian Ofnerinstead of Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimeto achieve 6-7(5), 6-0 and 10-7 victories, useless to qualify his team, the Falcons, for the final of the Dubai Tennis League, the mixed exhibition tournament taking place in the United Arab Emirates .
The Serbian took an hour and a quarter to resolve the commitment against Ofner, 193 in the ATP ranking, 26 years old, without any merit in his career who won twenty-one Grand Slams in the first set. Afterwards, Djokovic regained his usual level and put things together to take the victory.
The success of the player from Belgrade did not serve to take his team to the final on Saturday, which the Hawks will play in Alexander ZverevElena Rybakina, Dominik Thiem and Annet Kontaveit against the Kites of Iga Swiatek, Felix Auger Aliassime, Holger Rune and Eugenie Bouchard.
The Spanish team was left out of the competition Paula Badosathe Falcons joining Djokovic exactly along with Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
And it was Badosa, along with Dimitrov, who lost the mixed doubles clash against Holger Rune and Sania Mirza, members of the Kites, by 6-2, 4-6 and 10-5. Later, Sabalenka was outclassed by Swiatek, 6-1 and 6-3. Therefore, Djokovic took the track with no chance of winning for his team.
In other matches of the day, the Hawks won individual matches with Zverev’s victories over Seppi, by 6-4 and 6-2, and the Elena Rybakina Against Caroline Garcia, by 7-5 and 6-1, they beat the Eagles (2-1) who only got a mixed doubles point. Nick Kyrgios and Bianca Andreescu defeated Dominik Thiem and Alexandra Pavlyuchenkova, 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.
Therefore, on Saturday, the Hawks of Alexander Zverev, Elena Rybakina, Dominik Thiem and Annet Kontaveit and the Kites of Iga Swiatek, Felix Auger Aliassime, Holger Rune and Eugenie Bouchard will compete in the final.
Source: La Verdad
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