Lorenzo Sonego exposed the number one in the world, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, which he beat 6-2 and 6-1 in seventy minutes, in the quarterfinals of the One. The transalpine, 42 in the ATP ranking and who has only one title in his career, led to the third defeat of the course for the Belgrade tennis player, who did not show any symptoms of being injured.
Djokovic, unknown, resigned to a hard and clear defeat, had only lost this 2020 against Rafael Nadal in the final of Roland Garrosy against the also Spanish Pablo Carreo in the round of 16 at the US Open, when he was disqualified for hitting a linesman with a ball.
Today is Djokovic’s worst loss at No. 1 in straight sets and the first time in his career that he has lost to a Lucky Loser.. Sonego, who achieved one of the greatest feats in the history of professional tennis, play in the semifinals against the winner of the clash between Daniel Evans and Grigor Dimitrov.
Djokovic’s elimination was the bombshell of a session that featured two other unexpected markers in the quarterfinals: victory Kevin Anderson against Russian Daniil Medvedev, and of Andrey Rublev, fifth seed, who beat the current champion and second seed, the local Dominic Thiem, by 7-6 (5) and 6-2.
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