Djokovic advances to Monte Carlo Masters tennis quarterfinals

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic (No. 1, Serbia) reached the singles quarterfinals of the Men's Professional Tennis (ATP) Tour Rolex Monte Carlo Masters (total prize money of 5,950,575 euros).

Djokovic defeated Lorenzo Musetti (24th place, Italy) 2-0 (7-5 ​​6-3) in the third round of singles on the fifth day of the tournament held in Monte Carlo, Monaco on the 12th (Korean time).

Djokovic, who also faced Musetti in the round of 16 of this tournament last year and lost 1-2 (6-4 5-7 4-6), avenged himself on the same stage a year later, increasing his lead over Musetti to 4 wins and 1 loss.

Djokovic will face Alex Diminor (11th place, Australia) in the quarterfinals.

Djokovic and Diminor's record against each other is 1 win and 1 loss. In the most recent match, the United Cup held in January of this year, Diminor won 2-0 (6-4 6-4). 스포츠 토토사이트

On this day, Djokovic gave up his first serve game in the first set and was dragged by the game score to 2-4, but after chasing 3-4, he overturned the 40-0 deficit in Musetti's serve game and made it 4-4 to overcome the crisis.

Djokovic, who was eliminated in the semifinals of this year's Australian Open, will challenge for his first win this season.

He participated in a clay court tournament for the first time this year and has not received any news of a win since the ATP Finals in November last year.

Djokovic, who maintained the world No. 1 position this week at the age of 36 years and 11 months, establishing the record as the oldest world No. 1 player in history, is playing his first tournament since breaking up with coach Goran Ivanisevic at the end of last month.

Djokovic has been working with Coach Ivanisevic since 2018, and has won 12 of his 24 major championship singles wins.

The quarterfinals of this tournament are Djokovic - Diminor, Kasper Ruud (10th, Norway) - Hugo Jombert (15th, France), Jannick Sinner (2nd, Italy) - Holger Rune (7th, Denmark), Stefanos Tsitsipas (12th, Greece) and Karen Khachanov (17th, Russia) will face off.  일본야동