Djokovic returns after 81 days and wins in Tel Aviv: 6-0 6-3 in Andujar

He hadn’t played an official match for 81 days, Novak Djokovic, since the Wimbledon final won against Nick Kyrgios. It was July 10, 2022, RoboNole raised the cup of the seventh Championships and twenty-first Slam in the sky, then darkness. No American tour, no Us Open for the (usual) reasons dictated by Covid vaccination. The match won (6-0 6-3) in the ATP 250 in Tel Aviv, in the round of 16 against the 36-year-old Pablo Andujar, represented in effect the official return for Djokovic, after the parenthesis of the Laver Cup, where between a tear and the other for the farewell of his great rival Federer, the Serbian also played two singles matches (one won against Tiafoe, the other lost against Auger Aliassime), also to get his body back in motion, the used to the game and everything that goes with it.

In Israel

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Precisely for this reason (besides a nice check, it seems), Djokovic flew to Israel: even if you are a phenomenon, if you do not play for too long you have difficulty in catching up. And then, those of Tel Aviv would be blessed points for the Race: Nole is fifteenth, qualified for now in the Finals by right as a Grand Slam winner, but he must still be between 20, and any 250 points of the Israeli tournament would bring him close. at the half. In the quarterfinals, the former n.1 of the world will face his great friend Pospisil. Eliminated, however, the top seed of the board, the Argentine Schwartzman, beaten in three sets by the French Rinderknech.

In Korea

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Meanwhile Casper Ruud and Cameron Norrie landed in the quarterfinals of the Korea Open Tennis Atp 250 from $ 1,117,930 in prize money underway on the fast courts of Seoul. The Norwegian, a big favorite in seeding, needs three sets (6-2 3-6 6-3) to win over the Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry. The 27-year-old British, number 8 in the world and 2 in seeding, has instead liquidated Kaichi Uchida with a double 6-2.