Djokovic never gives up: he is in the quarterfinals in Shanghai. Beating Munar and … Federer

Novak Djokovic never gives up and proves it once again in the round of 16 of the Shanghai ATP 1000. At 38, at the limit of fainting at the end of the second set, when it seemed literally not to be able to stand up, with an ankle problem already in the first part, the Serbian pulled out the rabbit from the cylinder another time, managing to get the better of a munar (6-3 5-7 6-2 the final score) that you have to eat your hands, since she managed to lose a player who basically, at a certain point of the match, at a certain point of the match, It didn’t move.

primacy

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For the former number one in the world it is the eleventh quarter of a consecutive final in the Shanghai Masters 1000, an incredible, almost crazy result, just to think of it. Not only that: Nole became the most “elderly” to have conquered a quarter final in a 1000 (38 years and 4 months), beating Federer’s record, which always in 2019 had managed to 38 years and 2 months. Djokovic won the first set quite easily (despite an ankle physio intervention) but then he literally collapsed in the second. Not the only one to have physical troubles, in this tournament, we know, but Nole managed to rise, also thanks to a Munar that physically seemed able to run much more than the opponent. Djokovic really came one step away from fainting: he threw the pressure measured, so much so from the retreat. The four -time champion of Shanghai, however, managed incredibly to rise and bring home the match.

the next opponent

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For Nole, now, on the road 101 in the career, one between Vacherot and Griekspoor. Holger Rune and Zizou Bergs is also ahead. The Danish, n. 11 In the world and series head number 10, he defeated Giovanni Mpesh Perricard (n. 37) 6-4 6-7 (7) 6-3. Bergs reached his first quarter-final in a 1000 “overcoming the Canadian Gabriel Diallo 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10/8).