This morning, November 3, Novak Djokovic entered the 3rd round of men's singles at Paris Masters. His opponent is Tallon Griekokoor (23th in the world). The Dutch player has caused many difficulties for the No. 1 seed.
In set 1, Djokovic is a better entry. The world's No. 1 player won the Break first in Game 2 and quickly took the lead 4-2. Even so, he did not keep the advantage.
In the rest of the set, Griekspoor has rising strongly. The Dutch player won 2 consecutive breaks 7 and 9 before winning the white game 10. Set 1 closed with a 6-3 victory in favor of Griekspoor.
Sang Set 2, Djokovic continued to have difficulty at Griekspoor's annoying style. In all 12 games, no one won the break, thereby putting the set into a tie-break series of brain. Here, Nole's bravery was shown when he won the gap with a score of 7-2.
Coming to Set 3, Djokovic was the one who won the previous break in Game 5. Griekspoor also showed that he was not a suitable form when reclaiming the successful break in game 8 to equalize 4-4. However, in decisive games, Nole still proved to be older. The number 1 player in the world won the break in game 9 hinges before winning the white game 10, thereby ending set 3 with a 6-4 victory.
In the end, Djokovic defeated Grieksoror with a score of 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4, thereby officially winning tickets to the quarterfinals. Notably, his opponent is Holger Rune. At the final of Paris Masters 2022, Rune surpassed Nole to crown the championship.
