Twenty-year-old and lucky loser, Italian Luca Nardi delivered a historic blow on Monday by eliminating Djokovic (1st) in the third round of the Indian Wells Masters 1000.
Twenty years old and lucky loser, the Italian Luca Nardi (123°) This Monday he gave a historic blow to eliminate Novak Djokovic (1st) in the third round of the Indian Wells Masters 1000. One of the most unusual defeats for the Serbian in his very successful career.
In just two hours and 20 minutes of gameplay, Luca Nardi beat Djokovic, five-time champion of this tournament, 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3 after entering the main draw as lucky loser (lucky loser) despite his qualifying loss against Belgian David Goffin. He came in due to the absence of Argentine Tomás Etcheverry, who was injured.
The Italian became the fourth lowest-ranked player to defeat a world number one. The record belongs to Spaniard Francisco Clavet, who beat Australian Lleyton Hewitt in 2003 in Miami while ranked 178th in the world. In his entire career, the Serbian has never lost against a lucky loser.
Djokovic comes into this event after a strong victory over Australian Aleksandar Vukic, which allowed him to reach 400 wins in his Masters 1000 career. Nardi, who has had a photo of Djokovic on his bedroom door since he was eight years oldwill face the American Tommy in the round of 16 Paul (17th), winning 6-4 and 6-4 against Frenchman Ugo Humbert (14th).
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Source: Tycsports
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