Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic reached the quarter-finals of the Paris-Bercy tournament, the last Masters 1000 of the season, this Thursday after coming back against the Dutchman Tallon (4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4). Griekspor.
World number one took a big step back despite starting The first set ended with a score of 1-4. He flew from Belgrade but lost everything While his opponent hits one winner after another, his muse suddenly slips into unforced errors.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion began to lament everything from the bench to the missing bottle to the public’s efforts to encourage him, until he came to terms with the bad moment of losing 4-6. The Dutch player did not slow down in the second set and saved all three through balls.
‘Nole’ never found his way before Griekspoor is serious in its servicebut he saved the most critical moment, the 15-40 score in the ninth game. The Serb, who had not participated in a tournament since his victory at the US Open two months ago, then regained his color and raised the bar by being forced to sudden death.
Despite losing serve in the fifth game, the Dutchman held on, unwilling to kneel in case the opportunity to beat the world number one presented itself again. Djokovic provided some more excitement by opening the door to his opponent in the eighth round, the crowd soon turned against him with the score at 4-4.
Pike ignited a ‘Nole’ that saved the bad day and continued to fight to increase the gap to world number one place, in the face of the pursuit of Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who was eliminated at the first attempt in Paris-Bercy. The six-time tournament champion will face Denmark’s Holger Rune, whom he defeated in last year’s final, or Germany’s Daniel Altmaier in the quarter-finals.