Live Bar April 24th The ATP 250 event with a total prize amount of 597,900 euros has entered its fifth match day in Belgrade, Serbia. The tournament triple champion Djokovic fought hard for 120 minutes, defeating No. 3 Kacharov 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, and after winning seven consecutive victories against his opponent, he will compete with another Russian player, No. 2 seed Lubelev, who swept Fognini 6-2, 6-2.
Djokovic's opponent in this round is Kachanov, the third seed of the tournament. The two sides have met 8 times before, and Kachanov only won once in the 2018 Paris Masters. Djokovic served first in the first set. Kachanov broke the serve as soon as he came out, and after reserving the serve, he established a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Djokovic once again saved the break service and struggled to hold the serve. Since then, neither side encountered many problems in the serve. Kachanov saved the break service point in the 10th game, fulfilled the second end of the set point he got, and took the lead with a score of 6-4.
Djokovic serves first in the second set. After each of them holds the serve, the Serbs break the serve first in the fourth game, and after 4 points in a row, they established a 4-1 lead. In the 6th game, Djokovic easily broke his opponent's serve again, withstood the pressure of 30-30 and kept his serve and won the game, and scored 6-1.
decisive set-up match was first served by Kachanov. Djokovic broke the serve as soon as he came out, and after reserving the serve, he established a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Kachanov finally managed to retain his serve and stopped losing seven consecutive games. However, Djokovic still broke the serve again in the fifth game, scored 4 points in a row to defend his serve and won the game, and won another game with a score of 6-2. He reversed the score 2-1 and won 7 consecutive games against his opponent. At the same time, he reached the Tour final for the first time since last year's Paris Masters. In the final of
, Djokovic will compete with No. 2 seed Lubelev for the championship, who took only 64 minutes to sweep No. 6 seed Fognini with a score of 6-2 and 6-2.
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