It can definitely be said that in Serbia Novak Djokovic plays alone. In the first tie of the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals, Dusan Lajovic, 33rd in the world, passed Cain’s to beat Austrian Gerald Melzer, 290th, and in the second, Filip Krajinovic (42nd) could not con the German Dominik Koepfer (54th). The Balkans entered carom quarters, thanks to the defeat of Spain against Russia, and This Wednesday Miomir Kecmanovic, an eternal promise of 22 years, who was a junior finalist of the US Open in 2016 and occupies position 68 in the ranking, crashed before the veteran Mikhail Kukushkin (33 and 183º), a notable player at the time who retained a lot of tennis and beat him by 7-6 (5), 4-6 and 7-6 (11) in 3h18, after lifting four match balls.
In that way Kazakhstan went ahead and Djokovic had no choice but to bring out his genius and his category to win 6-3 and 6-4, as quickly as possible (76 minutes), to Alexander Bublik and to force the point of doubles with which to look for the semifinals, in which Croatia has been waiting since Monday.
Djokovic perfectly interpreted the match against a gigantic server who was not going to give him rhythm and whose main defect is a hard hitting game to the limit which usually leads you to fail more than you should. A player like Nick Kyrgios, but with less talent, although with the same joke as the Australian to do, among other eccentricities, serves from below. With one of them he won a game against Belgrade, That provocation that for many is a laudable resource and for others a lack of respect did not flinch before.
Superiority
Either way, Nole was far superior, barely missed and served wonderfully, far better than his rival. He only lost three points with first and eight with seconds, a precision that favored that he barely had to defend and save two break points. For him it was enough one in each set to dominate and take an express victory before facing the duel in pairs with Nikola Cacic against Golubev and Nedovyesov, if there are no changes.
Davis Cup results.