The happy face of Novak Djokovic He said a lot, that’s how he looked at his technical team. A lot of fun. He has reasons to smile even though he is still a long way from the title, which is his only goal at this point in his career, at the age of 36 and increasingly dominating the world rankings. The final number one of 2023 almost tied him with 850 points ahead of Carlos Alcaraz.
Fifteen consecutive victories, 29 of 30 since Roland Garros. ‘Nole’ spent almost two months from the circuit, he said that he was suffering from a stomach virus these days. However, he is capable of dominating a complex fight, with many traps, of enormous quality and tension.
Djokovic claimed revenge at the Paris Masters 1000 ATP by beating his executioner in the 2022 final, the Danish champion Holger Rune20 years old, world No. 7 and playing for a place in the Masters Final, the ATP Finals in Turin.
The Serbian, who also lost in Rome this season against Rune, pacified the rebellious new pupil of his former German coach. Boris Becker. Expired 7-5, 6-7 (3-7) and 6-4 in 2h.55′ a lot of tennis and passion. With both protagonists gesturing in the direction of the boisterous French public with the intention of winning their favor.
Djokovic can do it all. In a very close first set, he delivered the knockout blow when he held it, just as a break ball appeared, which he took for 7-5.
In the second Balkan played one of the worst games in months. He delivered his serve blank with four consecutive errors. But, he was so confident, he recovered the break immediately. A match ball eluded him with 5-4 to go. Rune grabbed it with a beautiful serve. The Dane, a genius who recovers all his goals after a serious crisis of results during the summer, grew in a tiebreak that he deserved to make himself.
He didn’t move Djokovic. Not really. His poise was no match for Rune, who didn’t let go. He added drama and emotion to a ‘great game’, which the Serbian finished, a wall in all sorts of circumstances.
This Saturday, second semifinal, against the Russians Andrey Rublev or the Australian Alex de Minaur. It’s not even half past four in the afternoon. Djokovic, on his way to a seventh title in Paris.
Another ‘semi’, at 2:30 pm between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Source: La Verdad
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