Novak has all the pieces of Rafa and Federer: Spanish star hails Djokovic's gameplay | Tennis News

Novak has all the pieces of Rafa and Federer: Spanish star hails Djokovic's gameplay | Tennis News [ad_1]

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina had left the tennis world shocked when he defeated Serbian nice Novak Djokovic on the Monte Carlo Masters in April final 12 months. The Spaniard will hope for the same feat when the 2 meet on the Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati Masters) on Thursday.

Novak Djokovic(REUTERS)

The 2 lock horns within the second spherical and forward of the conflict, Davidovich tried explaining what it will imply if he beats the world quantity two.

“I needed to at some point play towards him and clearly if I can beat him, for me it will have been a dream. I feel it's the identical now. If I can win this match tomorrow, for me it is a dream as a result of in the long run you do not win towards these guys on daily basis,” Davidovich advised ATPTour.com.

An enormous admirer of Djokovic, Davidovich paid the final word tribute to the Serb whereas describing his gameplay. “He has all the pieces of Rafa and Federer. His physique is so elastic and he could be very, very strong and he has the weapons to push you to make errors. Then he has winners. He is excellent serving. However the important thing of his is that he sees the match excellent. The second of the match, he is aware of the way to [judge what he needs to do] excellent,” Davidovich defined.

Davidovich had defeated Djokovic in straight units (6-3, 6-7, 6-1) on the ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo in 2022. It was additionally the one event when Djokovic had dropped units towards Davidovich.

The Serbian then took his revenge through the French Open 2023, defeating Davidovich 7-6, 7-6, 6-2 within the spherical of 32.

Djokovic, nonetheless, has already suffered his first defeat in america since 2021. Teaming up along with his fellow countryman Nikola Cacic, the 23 time Grand Slam winner faltered in doubles encounter towards Jamie Murray and Michael Venus within the spherical of 32 of the Western & Southern Open. The pair misplaced 4-6, 2-6, which was additionally Djokovic’s first aggressive sport since shedding in Wimbledon closing towards world primary Carlos Alcaraz final month.

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