Novak Djokovic won again as he knows how, being superior from start to finish. With great seriousness, the Serbian defeated Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 6-2 in the first match of the United Cup tie between Serbia and China. Thus, the number 1 in the world grants the first point to his country with seriousness, impenetrable and feeling like a fish in water.
The match began with both of them facing each other, carrying out their services with total superiority. On one side, Djokovic with up to 3 direct serves and Zhizhen Zhang in white. And the Chinese man’s purpose was to be superior to his rival once the point had started. In fact, Nole had some problems at the beginning to dominate in the exchanges, having to make an extra effort to contain Zhang. However, Djokovic raised the first alarm when he took advantage of two forehand errors from his opponent to enjoy his first break point.
Zhang tried to break free with his serve and volley and succeeded after a very measured backhand parallel shot. Even so, the Serbian’s ball speed began to increase as the match went on and, although Zhang withstood the intense rally, Djokovic found the gaps easily. The Chinese stood up to him, but a serious and focused Nole made the difficult things easy, closing the set with an almost perfect serve.
Djokovic does not stop growing
And as soon as the second round began, Djokovic did his thing again. Zhang did not show a very good face about how seriously Nole had entered the court. Very focused on getting ahead again, the world number 1 surprised Zhang again at the first turn to break him. And Novak scored up to 4 games in a row, wasting a service at another level and winning all the battles against an increasingly crestfallen Zhang.
For his part, the Serbian was already having a blast, being very superior and deceiving his rival with his blows. Good leg movement and going up to the net very effectively, Nole did not relax for a single second, increasing the intensity of his blows almost in a hurry to finish the job. The Chinese did not give up and fought until the end, adding two games to his score and saving a match point. But, against a Djokovic with hardly any errors, it was impossible to turn anything around and the world number 1 signed Serbia’s first victory in this United Cup before a dedicated audience.
2023-12-31 11:42:47
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