Novak Djokovic carries on his winning impetus in Cincinnati; reaches round three - Tennis News
Three-time runners-up at the Cincinnati Masters, Novak Djokovic, won his initial match of the tournament in straight sets, 7-6(4), 6-2, against the Italian opponent, Andreas Seppi, on Wednesday in a 90-minute battle. The
Serb could not defend his bronze medal at the London Olympic this year, however, he later went forward to win the Rogers Cup, in Toronto on Sunday.
Djokovic told the media in a post match interview, “Sometimes it’s really hard to try to stay fit for every single tournament and try to perform your best. I mean, in the last three, four weeks, I have changed three different
cities, places, surfaces, conditions. I’m still trying to figure out where I am.”
Djokovic defeated 27th ranked Seppi eight times in their prior encounters; however, this year the Italian managed to give him a tough start.
The match started with Djokovic’s serve in the opening set of the match. Both the players played very skilfully, kept ticking the score board on even terms, without any break point being registered from either ends. Djokovic,
who was not satisfied with his performance, just got lucky through the tiebreaker round and took the opening set at 7-6(4) to get in the driving seat.
In the second set, the trend could not continue, as the Italian seemed to have lost his confidence and miserably failed to encounter the Serbian professional. Djokovic’s impetus drastically improved and he managed to take
off a high pace start in the second set and resultantly melted down the score with his 6-2 lead.
The second seeded Serbian tennis ace, bagged away six aces in the match but he maintained his high class without conceding a double faultto his rival and eventually won the match with his higher return points score. However,
the serve points had a minor difference, but Djokovic attained the lead by 58 percent and a secured 27 of 34 first serve points in the contest. Seppi saved eight of 10 break points in total, with a 51 percent of second serve points.
Djokovic’s performance has considerably declined than before but the five-time Grand Slam champion just hopes that he becomes lucky this time. He will be facing a tough competition at the Cincinnati Masters by the hands of
the reigning world number one, Roger Federer and the Olympic gold medallist, Andy Murray. Nevertheless, he can surely defeat the odds with his determination and attacking game plan.
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