After defeating in the first round of Monte Carlo 2022, Novak Djokovic returned to his hometown of Serbia to attend Serbia Open. This is the ATP 250 prize on the clay grounds held in the capital Belgrade.
On the “home yard”, Djokovic has improved marked performance. The evidence is that he overcame a series of opponents to participate in the final. This is also the first time the world's No. 1 player has been in a championship match since the beginning of 2022.
In the final, Djokovic's opponent Androy Rubleev, the No. 2 seed of the tournament. Entering Set 1, the Serbian tennis player was not good. After successfully defending the first 2 gaming games, he continuously lost 2 breaks, thereby receiving the defeat of 2-6.
Set 2 witnessed the excellent effort of Djokovic. He was the first breaker in this set to take the lead 2-0. However, Rubleev also quickly brought Set 2 to the balance when reclaiming the break in the game later.
In the rest of the set, the two players create a struggle. At game 12, the score is 6-6, forcing Djokovic and RubleV to enter the brain-to-brain tie-break series. Here, Nole is a better player and won 7-4.
After equalizing 1-1, Djokovic is expected to have a successful comeback. Even so, the opposite happened when the world's No. 1 player was short of breath. He did not win a game and accepted the racket with defeat 0-6.
In the end, RubleV defeated Djokovic 2-1 and officially crowned at Serbia Open 2022. This is also the 11th title in the career of the Russian tennis player.
