After a defeat against Alexander Zverev at ATP Finals 2021, Novak Djokovic and Serbia tennis players marched to Innsbruck (Austria) to attend the Davis Cup 2021 finals.
At the Davis Cup, Djokovic accompanies 4 other players, Filip Krajinovic, Dusan Lajovic, Nikola Cacic and Miomir Kecmanovic. Serbia is classified in Group F with two Germany and Austria. This morning, they had just finished the match, with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Austria.
According to the BTC rules, each match between the two countries will have 3 matches – 2 applications and 1 pair. In the first match, Dusan Lajovic won 2-1 (7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5) against Gerald Melzer, helping Serbia to lead 1-0. In the 2nd match, Djokovic did not face any difficulties to increase the score to 2-0.
In this match, Djokovic's opponent is Dennis Novak – a player ranked 118 in the world. Entering Set 1, Novak showed great determination when creating a fairly balanced game against Nole. However, at the decision time, the world's No. 1 player has shown his bravery. In the 8 hinge game, Nole excelled in winning the first break of the match, thereby closing Set 1 with a 6-3 victory.
Set 2, everything becomes extremely easy for Djokovic. Novak was not good at losing the first 2 breaks and then led to 4-0. For the rest of the time, he could not turn the flag and had to accept the racket with a 2-6 defeat.
In the third match, the duo Nikola Cacic, Filip Krajinovic set a 3-0 victory for Serbia. Accordingly, they defeated the Philipp Oswald – Oliver Marach with a score of 2-1. The set ratios are 7-6 (4), 4-6 and 6-3 respectively.
Today, November 27, Serbia will enter the match of 2 Group F with the German encounter. The first single match will take place at 22:00.
