The adventure in the Brisbane tournament of the couple formed by Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios is over. The Serbian and Australian opened the year 2025 on Wednesday with 6-2, 3-6 and 10-8 defeats against the tournament’s first seeds, Croatian Nikola Mektic and New Zealander Michael Venus.
Despite being predictable, The loss was harsh as the match was in their hands but, with 8-6 in their favor in the supertiebreak, a double fault from Nole spelled the beginning of the end for the pair.who lost three straight points to bid farewell to the tournament.
“Unbelievable. I was so happy when I saw them, I will be able to compete with them on January 1. “It’s an incredible feeling to start the year like this and we know that there will be points like that against players like that,” he said. Mektic to the public, which was sold.
This is how his adventure in Brisbane with Kyrgios endswho lost his first singles match on Tuesday, against Frenchman Mpetshi Perricard 7-6, 6-7, 7-6.
instead, Djokovic will continue to fight for the title and this Thursday (09:30 Spanish peninsular time) he will face Gael Monfils in the round of 16 matchwhich he lost in the 19 games in which they faced each other.
Whoever is in the quarterfinals is another big favorite of the tournament, Grigor Dimitrov, who ousted Australian Aleksandar Vukic 6-2 7-6(5) in a very solid game.
“It’s a very familiar atmosphere, really. I don’t feel it like a tournament. That’s why I think the emotion is different. I think my attitude also changes a lot. It’s a very special week,” said the Bulgarian after the game .
Source: La Verdad
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