Dubai Championships 2022 is the first tournament that Novak Djokovic attended after the scandal was expelled from Australia. Unlike expanded Australia, Dubai Championship does not require players to inject at least 2 or more vaccines.
Nole's first opponent at this year's Dubai Championship is Lorenzo Musetti. This is the player that the owner of 20 Grand Slam needs 5 new sets to win at Roland Garros 2021.
However, unlike the competition that took place in France, this time Lorenzo Musetti was no longer causing many difficulties for Novak Djokovic. The 19-year-old Italian player guarded the racket quickly after 2 sets, steadily with a score of 3-6.
In the first set, Djokovic won the break in the second gaming game of 19 -year -old player. Right after that, Lorenzo Musettic has 3 chances to reclaim the break but the world's No. 1 player has successfully saved. Nole did not make any mistakes in the rest to finish the set with a score of 6-3.
In the second set, the Serbian player won the break right from the third game. To the 6th game, Nole successfully saved up to 4 chances of breaking the game 'of Lorenzo Musetti. At the 9th game, Novak Djokovic continues to win to end the match after more than 1 hour.
Djokovic's opponent in the second round of Dubai Championships 2022 is the player who won the match between Karen Khachanov and Alex De Minaur.
