Beijing time on April 23, the semi-finals of the 2022 Belgrade season began. The world's number one Djokovic made three consecutive reversals, defeating Kachanov 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, reaching the singles final this season and reaching the Tour final for the 124th time in his career.
In this Belgrade match, Djokovic suffered hard battles in the first two games, and both won the first set and broke the second set first, beating Jare and Kezmanovic respectively. Last year at Belgrade, Djokovic and won the final four and one championship.
Kachanov is currently ranked 26th in the world. In the second round, he received his compatriot Savlind's withdrawal ceremony and won without a fight to advance to the quarterfinals, and then eliminated Brazilian player Monteiro in the quarter-finals.
The two players have played 6 times before, with Djokovic having the upper hand in 5 wins and 1 loss. Kachanov's only victory came from the 2018 Paris Masters final, when the Russian won 2-0 and won the first Masters championship. Since then, Xiaode has won four consecutive victories against him, including a victory in Dubai's second round this year.
Djokovic felt the same as the first two games, and Kachanov broke the game in the first game of the first set. The game was calm afterwards, and neither of them gave the opponent too many opportunities in the serve game. Kachanov won the first goal 6-4 with a break advantage. According to technical statistics for the first set, Kachanov scored as high as 85% in the first play, while Djokovic only had 59%. In addition, Kachanov led 3-0 in Ace. In the fourth game of
times, Djokovic gradually increased his patience at the bottom line, and the ball return effect was very good. He cashed in with multiple bets at the second break point, and led 3-1 after breaking. Kachanov's form then declined significantly, and Djokovic broke again in the sixth game and expanded the score to 5-1. After easily winning the serve, he won the set 6-1.
Kachanov's condition did not improve at the beginning of the decisive set. Djokovic broke through and maintained the lead 2-0, and had already won 7 consecutive games. During the intraday phase, Djokovic continued to mobilize his opponents with a large angle at the bottom line, and broke the serve again in the fifth game and brought the score to 4-1. After that, the game lost suspense, and Djokovic returned to another set 6-2, reversing three consecutive games, reaching the first singles final of the year.
