Djokovic suffers against Monfils: he raises three match balls to get into the final

The Serbian will face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final after defeating the French 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-1

Novak Djokovic I lived his first troubles in Dubai. The Serbian lived an intense duel with Gal Monfils (2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-1), where he recovers three match balls, to finally reach his sixth final in the tournament, of category ATP 500 and which is played on hard court. His rival for the title is the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The number one in the world, which assured this condition one more week in its t a t with Rafael Nadal when he reached this penultimate round, he started below in a bad first half, but he took out in time the repertoire that makes him undefeated in 17 games in 2020. 17-0 is also the history of the matches between Djokovic and the French tennis player, who had it closer than ever in the second set.

Monfils, another player on a roll with only two defeats so far (the Serbian himself in the ATP Cup and Thiem in Australia) and the titles in Montpelier and Rotterdam, began at a great level that made him restless and much the serve of his rival. Thus, I broke in the third game and then in the seventh. Belgrade continued to fail with his service at the start of the second quarter.

Tsitsipas repeats final

The Frenchman broke, but the Serbian began his reaction, recovering the disadvantage and with up to five set balls, the rest, which he did not take advantage of. The lost option made him doubt in the 'tie-break' to number one and Monfils got 6-3 with three match balls. However, so close but so far, the Frenchman vanishes the advantage, and the set in a double foul.

The intimidation of Djokovic gave way to a pleasant third partial for Belgrade, with a 6-1 unrivaled, the last two games against a Monfils who came to enter the locker room to be attended by the physio. 'Nole' is measured in the final to a Tsitsipas that super (6-2, 6-3) to Daniel Evans to fight again for the title I gave last year to Roger Federer.