The Serbian defeated Etcheverry (6-3, 6-2) in his debut in the French Masters 1000 and the path to his seventh title is much paved
They lost several tennis players destined to go far, such as Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud and Tommy Paul. Roberto Bautista, also KO
Novak Djokovic broke the resistance of Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry and took the first step towards winning his seventh title at the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 with a 6-3 and 6-2 victory. It was the thirteenth consecutive victory for the Serbian, who has not lost since the Wimbledon final against Carlos Alcaraz, and is a little closer to finishing the year at the top of the ranking, especially after the Spaniard’s premature elimination.
Nole’ had just been in dry dock for 46 days, but he exhibited the same forcefulness that has lifted him to the top of tennis. ANDtcheverry, although he displayed great tennis in the first set, never put the Serbian’s victory in danger. This is Djokovic, who endured the good service game of the La Plata player for seven games and in the eighth, when he saw a small Greek, he rushed in for the match. He chained four games in a row that allowed him to score the first set and face the second with an advantage, in which Etcheverry’s morale was no longer the same and his tennis dropped a few integers.
Bad recipe against the Serbian, who won the victory in just under 1.30 hours, and who now challenges the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, 23rd in the ranking and who has just eliminated the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich. The other member of ‘La Armada’ who remained in the fray, Roberto Bautista said goodbye after falling against the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (6-3, 6-2).
Several favorites, KO
The path to the title is quite smooth for Djokovic, since Daniil Medvedev, number three, lost against Dimitrov (3-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(2)) in a controversial duel. When leaving the track, the Russian made a gesture to the stands and justified himself by saying that “I was just looking at my nails.” He also lost Casper Ruud against Cerúndolo (7-5, 6-4) and Tommy Paul against Van de Zandschulp (4-6, 6-2, 6-3). Alexander Zverev suffered a lot against Humbert (6-4, 6-7 (3) and 7-6 (5)) but passed, while Tsitsipas defeated Auger-Aliassime (6-4, 7-6 (4)). Taylor Fritz he retired before playing against Daniel Altmaier.