Serbian World No. 3 Novak Djokovic showed incredible play in the tie-break of the Roland-Garros match against Karena Khachanova after that it was difficult for the Russian to put something against the opponent, the Olympic tennis champion told Elena Vesnina .
Khachanov lost to Djokovic on Tuesday 6:4, 6:7 (0:7), 2:6, 4:6 in the Roland Garros quarterfinals. The Russian, having reached the quarter-finals, repeated the best result of the Grand Slam tournament on clay.
– Karen played very well in the first set, in the second he had every chance to lead 2-0, but Djokovic made an incredible tie-break. It looks like in the tie-break, the Serb stepped up his game three times. You can see that at first Novak was not comfortable, and Karen, on the contrary, started well. But after the tie-break it was already difficult to oppose something.
In any case, Khachanov reached the quarter-finals of Grand Slam tournaments three times in a row – an excellent result. But Djokovic was very strong today. If Karen could win the tie-break then he would have a chance to win, Vesnina told .
To reach the final of the tournament, Djokovic will face the winner of the pair Carlos Alcaras (Spain, 1) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece, 5).
Source : MatchTV
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