After 7 weeks of rest since the failure at the US Open 2021 final, Novak Djokovic officially re -exported in early November. The arena that the world's No. 1 player chose was Paris Masters, the last ATP 1000 prize of the year.
In France, Djokovic continues to show impressive performance when passing Marton Fucsovics, Gael Monfils and Taylor Fritz to win tickets to the semi -finals. His opponent in the fourth round of the strongest player is Hubert Hurkacz No. 7 seeds. The Polish star has caused many difficulties in this match.
Entering set 1, the two players create a fairly balanced game. Djokovic started very smoothly when winning white game 1, but Hurkacz also quickly reclaimed the game. The turning point came in game 8 when Hurkacz won the first break of the match, then won 6-3. In this set, the Polish tennis player has 5 times to win ACE compared to 1 of Nole.
Leading 1-0, Djokovic started accelerating in Set 2. This is also the perfect set of the world's No. 1 player when he won the white 6-0, with 3 successfully breaking the opponent's gaming game. Meanwhile, Hurkacz had a very unforgettable set when he had 13 errors. The score now is 1-1.
Entering the set of 3 decisions, the two players play very carefully. Djokovic started better when winning the break in game 4 and leading 4-1, but Hurkacz reclaimed the break right in Game 7. To the game 10, dramatic was pushed to the climax when Hurkacz saved Match-point successfully, thereby bringing the set back to a balanced position with a 5-5 draw.
At game 12, Hurkacz once again saved Match-point. The ratio is 6-6, forcing the set to enter the tie-break series of brain weight. On the gun battle series, the two players continued to create a chase chase score. At the decision time, Nole is still more brave to win the 7-5 button.
In the end, Djokovic won Hurkacz 2-1 and officially won tickets to the final of Paris Masters 2021. This is also the 7th Nole to do this. Not only that, the next ticket also helps him to have the 7th year to end the year with the No. 1 position on the ATP rankings – the new record of the world tennis.
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