Novak Djokovic destroys Carlos Berlocq; joined by Nikolay Davydenko in 3rd round – US Open 2011
Reigning world number one Novak “Djoker” Djokovic from Serbia continued his near perfect ascent at the 2011 US Open on Thursday, 1st September. The Serbian juggernaut blasted past Argentine Carlos Berlocq in his second
round match at Flushing Meadows, New York.
Djokovic barely broke a sweat as he thwarted the Argentine 6-0, 6-0, 6-2 in exactly ninety minutes to move on ahead at the event.
Playing each other for the first time, Djokovic started off the match in style. Opening service, the Serb put himself on the scoreboard with a powerful ace down the line. The hard hitting, in-form Serb continued his assault of
the lower ranked Argentine as he broke him in the second and fourth game with ease to secure a 5-0 lead. Some resistance from Berlocq in the sixth game pushed it to a deuce, however, to no avail. Djoker was able to break the Argentine and secure a bagel win
for himself.
Taking only twenty minutes into the set, Djokovic hit an amazing 70 percent on his first and a perfect 100 percent on his second serve including a single ace and nine winners. He converted three of three breakpoint opportunities
to go one up in the set score.
The second set followed pretty much the same suit. Breaking the Argentine with little hindrance in the second, fourth and finally the sixth game, Djokovic was once more able to clinch a 6-0 win. This was the Serb’s third bagel
win in two matches. Earlier he had defeated his first round opponent Conor Niland 6-0, 5-1 before the Irish retired from the match.
Riding his near perfect form, Djokovic was able to once more break his opponent in the third set as he secured a 2-0 lead early on. Two exchange of breaks later, the Serb was still leading 4-2. Determined to wrap it up, the Serb
reeled off two straight games to win the set 6-2, sealing his straight sets win.
The Serb, a runner up here in 2010, now moves on ahead to play former world number three Nikolay Davydenko in the third round.
Unseeded at the event, the Russian made his way into the third round after a see-saw match against 32nd seed Ivan Dodig and then a straight, yet no simple, sets victory against Italian Potito Starace.
Taking a little over two hours, Davydenko progressed onwards only on luck as he hit no aces or winners and converted only eight of twenty breakpoint opportunities to clinch a 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 win.
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