0 – so many winning tournaments of ATP have Novak Djoković in 2024 and this year. The 24-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments this season had a poor balance: 12 wins and 6 failures. Serb was only in one finale And unexpectedly lost in Miami with Czech Jakub Meniik (23. ATP) 6: 7, 6: 7. Recently, Djoković sensationally dropped out in the first meeting in Monte Carlo, losing to the left -handed Alejandro Tabilo (Chile, 35. ATP).
Novak Djokovic's sensational failure
Now Novak Djoković has started competing in the ATP 1000 tournament at Earth Courts in Madrid. Serbian triumphed three times (in 2011, 2016, 2019). In the second round, Djokovic's rival was Italian Matteo Arnali (44. ATP).
The first set was leveled to 3: 3. From that moment, Arnali won three games in a row. In the second batch at 3: 3, Djoković lost his application to 30. After a while at the Italian service he wasted the lead 40: 0 and three break-partts and lost the game to the advantage. In the tenth game, Arnali used the second match ball and enjoyed a sensational victory. The duel lasted an hour, 42 minutes. Both tennis players had the same number of winners (21), but Djoković made as many as 14 more unforced mistakes (32-18).
Djoković lost two matches Opening in the ATP-1000 rank tournaments (Monte Carlo and Madrid) only for the second time in your career, after defeats in Indian Wells and Miami in 2018.
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Italy in the third round will face Damir Dzubmhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 63. ATP).