After being unexpectedly eliminated at Monte Carlo Masters, Djokovic did not attend the ATP 500 Barcelona Open. Instead, the world's No. 1 player chose to temporarily attend ATP 250 at Bosnia and Herzegovina as Srpska Open.
Recently, Djokovic has just battled the army at Srpska Open, with the opponent is teen tennis player Luca van Assche. With the difference between the two parties, the fans think Nole will have an easy victory against juniors. However, the truth is not so.
Entering Set 1, Van Assche creates a fairly balanced game with Djokovic. 18 -year -old player is even a previous break in game 9 extremely easy. However, Nole immediately reclaimed the successful break to equalize 5-5.
The two players then had to enter the brain tie-break series. On the gun battle series, Djokovic did not play well. He lost 2 mini breaks and lost 4-7, through which van Assche lead 1 set.
After a set 1 play under strength, Djokovic has returned strongly. In set 2, the world's No. 1 player easily won 2 breaks in games 3 and 9, thereby winning 6-3. This result also helped him balance the score 1-1.
Entering the set of two decisions, Van Assche played effort and won the break in advance right in Game 1. However, in the rest of the set, the teen star lost 3 break. Set 3 ends with a 6-2 gap in Nole.
In the end, Djokovic won 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2, thereby officially winning tickets to the quarterfinals of Srpska Open 2023. This is a match that lasts for 2 hours 38 minutes, and Van Assche has received a lot of praise. In the next round, Nole's opponent will be Dusan Lajovic.
