Video tennis Djokovic – Kecmanovic: 2nd time overcoming difficulties, spectacular upstream (Serbian Open quarterfinals)

(Tennis video, Novak Djokovic – Miomir Kecmanovic, quarterfinals of the Serbian Open 2022) The world No. 1 player once again had a bad match against his compatriot opponent, but fortunately he still woke up.

No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic started this year’s Serbia Open with a tough start as he struggled to beat Laslo Djere 2-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) in the second round. They clashed with 7th seed Miomir. Kecmanovic in the quarterfinals, the owner of two ATP 250 championship titles on clay in Belgrade, continued to face difficulties against a compatriot opponent.

Novak Djokovic entered the match less convincingly against Miomir Kecmanovic

In the first set, Djokovic soon lost the break in the third game when he dropped the ball and did not go over the net. Kecmanovic made good use of this advantage to win a surprise 6-3 in this set when scoring the decisive point in the 9th game thanks to an ace into the T-corner.

In the second set, Djokovic was still the one who broke the game to serve first. However, Nole managed to calm down to demand a quick break in the fourth game and leveled the score 2-2.

The turning point came in the 8th game when Djokovic had an outside advantage and the referee caught Kecmanovic’s error of hitting the ball out of the court to help the owner of 20 Grand Slam championships take the lead 5-3, before he took the serve. good game later to win 6-3 in this set and level the game to 1-1.

In the final set, the world’s number 1 defending champion was promoted by Djokovic when he had 3 consecutive break points when leading his opponent 40-0 in the 7th game before winning this game with a forehand overriding the ball. score winner. “Djoker” took another break in the 9th game when he unleashed a dangerous backhand along the line to win 6-3 in the decisive set.

Won the 7th seed Miomir Kecmanovic after 2 hours 19 minutes, the 1st seed Novak Djokovic For the second time in a row, he has come back successfully against his compatriots to win tickets to the semi-finals of this year’s Serbia Open home tournament, where he will face the winner of the match between the 3rd seed Karen Khachanov (Russia) ) and Thiago Monteiro (Brazil).

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