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Novak Djokovic loses bronze match against Pablo Carreno Busta in Tokyo

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    Brutal for Novak Djokovic: Instead of chasing the Golden Slam, he fails in the bronze game in the end.

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    Suddenly nothing works with Serbs in Tokyo. “I’m not in the best of shape,” he reveals after his Black Friday.

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    Pablo Carreno Busta (ATP 11) prevails against the world number 1 in two sets.

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    For the Spaniard, bronze is the first Olympic medal.

For a long time it went perfectly for Novak Djokovic, he seemed on the best way to the historic “Golden Slam”. But in the end suddenly nothing works with the world number 1. On Friday he loses his semi-final against Alexander Zverev despite the set and break advantage, then he also loses in the mixed semi-final with Nina Stojanovic – and the bankruptcy series continues on Saturday.

The Serb loses the bronze match against Pablo Carreno Busta. The Spaniard, number 11 in the world, prevails in two sets with 6: 4, 6: 7, 3: 6. So it stays with the one bronze medal that Djokovic won in Beijing in 2008 (individual). In London 2012 he also lost the bronze game and in Rio he was thrown out in the first round.