Novak Djokovic He never stumbles over the same stone twice. The Serbian was eliminated last year in Monte Carlo at the hands of Lorenzo Musetti and fate brought them together again for the round of 16 in this 2024 edition. The No. is merciless. 1 and eliminated the Italian in two sets (7-5/6-3).
Although Musetti started the match strongly, Djokovic had a good reaction despite the tension in the crowd. In the 4-3 match, the Serbian insulted the referee because he did not see a ball from the Italian voted and the fans started whistling at him. As always, he took it as extra motivation and came back in the set to leave it at 7-5.
In the second set Djokovic started stronger and in the first change he broke Musetti’s serve. The Italian, far from giving up, was able to turn the game around and break the 24th winner of a Grand Slam on two occasions. however, Novak was a master at holding his own and earned the decisive break to go up 5-3. On service, he finished the match without a problem.
In the quarterfinals will face Djokovic Alex de Minaur (11th in the world) and will try to reach the semifinals which it has not reached since it was the champion of the tournament in the 2015 edition.
Source: La Verdad
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