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A single break should be enough for Novak Djokovic (ATP 8) to win the ATP Finals in Turin. And the 35-year-old got this at his first appearance in northern Italy against Stefanos Tsitsipas right at the beginning of the game. The Greek world number 3 was then equal to the Serbs, but lost 4: 6, 6: 7 (4: 7) in 98 minutes.
Tsitsipas in reserve as soon as possible
After the early service breakthrough, Djokovic beat many winners and was able to rely on his usual strong return game against his opponent. Tsitsipas, on the other hand, was hardly able to endanger the convincing Djokovic in the first round and was no longer able to correct the false start.
Only in the 2nd set when the score was 3: 2 from the 24-year-old’s point of view did he have the chance to turn around, but Tsitsipas was unable to take his only chance to break. Because everything stayed in line, the tie-break had to decide. Here Djokovic pulled away decisively and was able to rely on his serve at the end.
As in the Paris-Bercy semifinals nine days ago, Tsitsipas suffered a defeat against the Serbs. In the French capital he had at least taken a sentence from his opponent, in Piedmont he was far from a revenge. With Tsitsipas’ opening defeat, only Rafael Nadal still has the opportunity to oust Carlos Alcaraz, who was absent due to injury, from the tennis throne with a tournament win.
The next games are already scheduled for Tuesday in Turin. Then, in the green group, Nadal (ESP/ATP 2) meets Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (ATP 6). In the evening, Casper Ruud (NOR/ATP 4) will be challenged by the American Taylor Fritz (ATP 9), who has moved up – you will be able to watch both games live on SRF from 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. respectively.
SRF two, sportlive, 11/14/22, 9:05 p.m.; abr
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