Booed at Pala Aplitour, Djokovic suffered his first defeat in 4 months

This is a clash between two players who have won their opening matches in the Blue Group and Djokovic can easily book a semi-final ticket if he wins. The 36-year-old Serbian is rated higher than Sinner as he has been unbeaten since the Wimbledon final and is also unbeaten against the host player in three matches against them.

Djokovic is on a 19-match unbeaten streak

However, Djokovic was under great pressure from the cheers of the spectators present at Pala Aplitour to support Sinner. The match was tense from the start, but the drama was created in the 11th game when Nole (Djokovic's nickname) served. Leading Sinner 40/0, ​​however, mistakes and enthusiastic cheers from the audience caused Nole to lose 5/6. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Sinner won the game 7/5.

Sinner had a great match against the world number 1 player.

The second set was very even as neither player could beat the other's serve and a tie-break was played. With his experience and skill, Djokovic won with a 7/5 tie-break to bring the match back to the starting line. In the deciding set, Sinner once again took the lead 4/2, but Nole was excellent in equalizing and the match once again had a nerve-wracking tie-break.

Djokovic's actions in front of the cheers of the audience at Pala Aplitour stadium

However, in this deciding set, the referee had to ask the fans to be quiet many times when they enthusiastically cheered for Sinner and also booed Djokovic many times. This caused Nole to make consecutive mistakes and let the 22-year-old player of the host country lead 5/0. With the enthusiastic cheers of the audience on the field, Sinner won with a score of 7/2 and became the first person to defeat Djokovic in 4 months.

Sinner with the joy of defeating Djokovic for the first time

In the remaining match of the Blue group, former champion Tsitsipas (Greece) suffered a back injury early in the match against Holger Rune (Denmark) and had to retire. With this result, Djokovic's group will need to wait until the final round to know the 2 owners who will win tickets to the semi-finals.

Tsitsipas withdrew due to a back injury

In the final round, the 36-year-old Serbian will meet Tsitsipas' replacement, Hubert Hurkacz ( Hungary ), and Sinner will meet Rune. The advantage of the Blue Group currently belongs to Sinner and Djokovic when both can decide by winning in the final round. Meanwhile, the Danish tennis player needs to beat Sinner with a high score to hope to qualify for the next round.

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