Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz throughout their singles tennis match of the ATP World Tour Finals on the Pala Alpitour, in Turin, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
World No.1 Djokovic registered a 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1 win over Pole Hurkacz within the inexperienced group fixture, however wants Sinner, who has already certified for the knockouts, to get the higher of Rune if the Serbian is to attain the semifinals of the yr-finish occasion.
Novak Djokovic bounced again from his first loss in 4 months with a 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1 win over alternate Hubert Hurkacz in his closing group match at the ATP Finals on Thursday.
Djokovic now wants to hope Jannik Sinner beats Holger Rune later so he can advance to the semifinals of the season-ending match for the yr’s prime eight gamers.
“My kids are arriving arriving tonight, so I don’t think I’ll watch,” Djokovic mentioned. “I did my job and I’m going to spend tonight with the family. Then tomorrow I can worry about whether I qualified or not.”
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Since Hurkacz took a set off Djokovic, Sinner was assured of advancing.
Djokovic was overwhelmed in three lengthy units by Sinner in his earlier match — the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s first loss since falling to Carlos Alcaraz within the Wimbledon closing in July. In his opening match, Djokovic beat Rune to safe the yr-finish No. 1 rating for a file-extending eighth time.
The ninth-ranked Hurkacz changed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who withdrew with a decrease again harm after taking part in solely three video games of his match towards Rune on Tuesday.
Djokovic appeared pissed off early on when he had no reply to Hurkacz’s huge serve, however then his Polish opponent made just a few errors and Djokovic gained 10 straight factors to soar out to a giant lead within the tiebreaker.
Djokovic double-faulted to hand Hurkacz a break and a 3-2 lead within the second. Then Hurkacz saved two break factors with aces a few video games later and continued to maintain to shut out the set because the pro-Sinner crowd chanted “Hu-bi, Hu-bi.”
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Hurkacz served routinely at 140 mph (225 kph) and cranked out 24 aces to Djokovic’s six. But Djokovic broke to take management halfway by way of the third and improved to 7-0 in his profession towards Hurkacz.
“He’s got one of the biggest serves in the world,” Djokovic mentioned. “It’s very, very tough to return, especially here at an altitude of nearly 300 meters (1,000 feet). … I was waiting for chances when he missed his first serve — that was my only chance.”
Sinner and Djokovic have two wins every, Rune has one win and Hurkacz and Tsitsipas have none.
In the opposite group, Daniil Medvedev has already superior with two wins. Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev have one win every and Andrey Rublev is winless.
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