Montecarlo.- Chilean tennis player Alejandro Tabil Novak Djokovicdouble winner of the tournament and current N.5 of the ranking, 6-3 and 6-4.
Ten days after losing the Miami final, Djokovic must continue waiting to achieve title 100 of his career, after being dominated in all facets of the game by a tabil that in the round of 16 it will be measured to the winner of the match between the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (n.18) and the Monegasco Valentin Vacherot (N.256 and invited by the organization of the tournament).
Winner of the contest in 2013 and 2015 in the Principality, the 37 -year -old Olympic champion lost his second game in many other duels.
Before crossing this Wednesday, the Chilean was already the last opponent who had defeated Serbian in whipped land, in the third round of the 1,000 Masters of Rome in 2024.
A few weeks later, the Serbian had to retire before his quarterfinal match of Roland Garros after being injured in a knee.
Warned war …
The Serbian has already notified on his arrival in Montecarlo that faced the first big appointment of the clay tour “without high expectations”, after also suffering an eye problem from the semifinals in Miami.
“I didn’t have much time to get used to” brick dust “so my expectations in terms of results are not very high,” said the winner of 24 Grand Slam titles.
Apparently this Wednesday, the Serbian was not right. Despite breaking the Chilean service, Tabilo reacted quickly returning the break (1-1) and again doing the ‘break’ to put 4-2 and sentence the first manga.
Very erratic with his blows (he committed 29 direct offenses throughout the game), Djokovic gave up his service in the third game of the second set and could no longer overcome.
After the retirement of great “Nole” rivals in recent times, such as Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, many have begun to wonder how long the career of another of the greatest players of all time remains.
