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| Novak Djokovic vs Laszlo Djere |
Novak Djokovic had lost the previous two rounds. After 2006, this time he would be out of the US Open soon. Novak Djokovic is a player whom you can never take lightly. He knows how to make a comeback. he did the same thing here.
Coming back from being down in the first two rounds, he defeated Laslo Djere 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the US Open.
“Trust me,” Djokovic said, "It was a very tough match, it bothered me till the last shot".
The match occurred on Friday night under bright lights at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. The match lasted more than 3.5 hours and the result came out at 1.30 pm.
This is Djokovic's 8th career win after losing the opening two sets. He also improved to 38-11 in five-setters over his career.
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| Novak Djokovic |
Once Djokovic took control of the match, he never looked back. Djokovic's performance was brilliant, scoring 12 points out of the first 14.
Djokovic has won three of his men's record 23 Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows and has been runner-up a half-dozen times, including in 2021. Serbia's 36-year-old player Novak Djokovic could not participate in the US Open last time because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. Later in May, this rule was lifted.
Djokovic has been seeded no. 2 behind Carlos Alcaraz in New York. There is every possibility that both will face each other for the championship on 10th September. The two also had an exciting final match at Wimbledon in July, which Alcaraz won in five sets.
28-year-old Djere is also a player from Serbia and has been seeded 32nd in New York. Both the players have known each other for years and practice together. Both play as a doubles pair in Davis Cup.
When the match was over, both hugged each other at the net.
Djokovic praised Djere's excellent play and when Djere was leaving the court, Djokovic greeted him with applause.
Djokovic said,
“I didn’t have many options in the beginning, but in the third, I kind of lifted myself up,” Djokovic said. “Once I got the break in the third, I thought, ’OK. I have a shot. I have a chance. I might as well go after it. ... I started to read his game more than I did in the first two sets.”
