Athletistic / Tennis. The first racket in the world, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, completed his performance at the Masters in Indian Wells (California, USA). In the third round, the 36-year-old Serbian lost to world number 123 Italian Luca Nardi in three sets with a score of 4:6, 6:3, 3:6.
“Congratulations to my opponent for playing great tennis in the third set. I watched him play. To be honest, I didn’t know much about Nardi until today, but I watched him play and I realized he had a great backhand shot.”, especially when he plays forehand. Luka moves well on the pitch. He is a very talented player. He entered the Indian Wells main draw as a “lucky loser”, so he really had nothing to lose. So he played just great, Nardi deserved the victory.
I was more surprised by my level. I had a very, very bad performance. That’s all. These things come together. He’s having a great day and I’m having a really bad day. The result was negative for me,” Djokovic said, according to the ATP press service.
Novak Djokovic is a five-time winner of the Indian Wells Masters, but his last victory at the tournament dates back to 2016. Note that the Serbian flew to the Californian desert for the first time since 2019.
Source: Sport
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