After a break, Novak Djokovic launched the 2025 season by attending Brisbane International 2025. This is a tournament in the ATP 250 category held in Australia, where players running for the first Grand Slam of the year is Australia expanded.
In Brisbane, Djokovic has a good start in the men's singles content when they won Rinky Hijikata and Gael Monfils respectively. In the quarterfinals, his opponent was Reilly Opelka – the 293 -class player in the world. Here, the big surprise happened.
Entering set 1, the game took place quite balanced. In all 12 games, no player has a break-point. Both must enter a series of tie-breaks to determine the victory and lose. Before an old Nole in the gun battles, Opelka was shocked to win close to the score of 8-6.
Set 2, Djokovic cannot make a difference. The No. 1 seed to lose breaks in game 4 easily. In the rest of the set, he could not reclaim the break and accept the racket with a 3-6 defeat.
With this result, Djokovic officially stopped in the quarterfinals of Brisbane International 2025. Previously, Mr. Kyrgios also was eliminated in the second round of men. The next tournament Nole will be expanded and started on January 12.
