Djokovic
Paris Masters: Tsitsipas advances to quarterfinals with a comeback – See photos
Stefanos Tsitsipas eliminated Francisco Cerundolo in a 2-1 set comeback to reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals.
The Greek tennis star overcame the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo with scores of 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-2 and will now compete for a semifinal spot against either Alexander Zverev or Hubert Hurkacz.
Đokovic: It's not necessarily the beginning of the end; Surprising decisions expected
Djokovic lost for the first time in the semi-finals of Melbourne, after ten wins and titles, and for the first time in six years.
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The Serb won 7:6 (3), 4:6, 6:2, 6:3 at 30 Melbourne degrees Celsius and after an almost four-hour battle.
Only after two and a half hours of play, at the opening of the third set, did Djokovic make the first break, after 15 missed opportunities, and therefore broke the match against the awkward American.
Djokovic spoke out - is his attendance on the Australian Open threatened?
With 6:4, 6:4, Djokovic suffered his first defeat in Australia after 43 victories in the previous six years.
However, since the defeat, the tennis public is more concerned about the condition of his wrist ten days before the start of the Australian Open.
"The famous debate about who is the GOAT is completely dead now because of Novak"
Djokovic won seven titles in the just ended season, including three Grand Slam trophies, along with playing in the Wimbledon final.
As in 2015, Novak won three slams and the ATP final, he also finished the year as the number one in the world, but Mouratoglou believes that this last season is even better than the one eight years ago.
Novak: It's not in my hands VIDEO
Djokovic did what he could, he defeated Hubert Hurkacz, but only in three sets. He thus missed the opportunity to determine his own destiny.
Now it's all up to the Italian tennis player, who will face Rune without pressure considering that he has already qualified for the semi-finals.
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Djokovic against the "biggest threat"
From 9:00 p.m., Djokovic is expected to have a duel with the Italian Jannik Sinner, the fourth ranked tennis player in the world.
For the Italian, it is the best ranking on the ATP ranking in his career, and the 22-year-old has won four titles this year, for a total of ten.
At the opening of the tournament, Sinner defeated Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6:4, 6:4 in two sets.
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Novak Djokovic secures a record-extending Eighth Year-End ATP No.1!
After more than three hours of play, it was 7:6(4), 6:7(1), 6:3 for Djokovic against the tenth tennis player in the world.
This triumph means that he will remain at the top of the ATP list until the end of the year and become the first to spend more than 400 weeks in that position, but not that there aren't more records to chase.
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Andrei Rublev also fell in the semi-finals and thus Novak showed once again that neither fatigue, nor a virus, nor enormous efforts in his later years - could do anything to him. Before the final with Grigor Dimitrov (Sunday, 15.00), a series of praises for Djokovic arrived from an unexpected address.
Djokovic revealed his plans until the end of the season
The best Serbian tennis player thus missed the opportunity to match Roger Federer's record for the number of titles at the All England Club.
After losing in the final of the third Grand Slam of the season, Djokovic revealed his plans for the rest of the season.