“Where are you, can’t see you?” asked Carlos Alcaraz Novak Djokovic and the Spaniard appearing in his team, Marbella Carlos Gómez Herrera, acting as coach this week. The Serbian, 37 years old, can be seen around the circuit, he measures his presence.
After the failure at the US Open, which was his first event after becoming the Olympic champion in Paris 2024, he helped Serbia avoid relegation from the Davis Cup and dedicated himself before arriving at the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000.
And in form because he overwhelmed the Italian Flavio Cobolli, 22 years old and world number 30. The transalpine had a difficult time in his first match with his idol, who showed him live and directly why he admires him from the outside. Distilled a lot of tennis, winning 6-1 and 6-2 in 1h.03′.
Djokovic, a five-time champion in Shanghai, but who has not set foot in China since 2019, will return to court this Wednesday, at 12:30 central European time.
He will play in the round of 16 against the Russian Romain Safiullinwho beat the American Frances Tiafoe by 5-7, 7-5 and 7-6 (5) in 3h.04′.
Djokovic made himself look good in Shanghai, he sent a scary message to his opponents, he wants to get into the party Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, that the four Grand Slams of the season were shared, a category in which the record man (24) was left at zero.
Source: La Verdad
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