Cincinnati, triumph for Novak Djokovic: beat Carlos Alcaraz

Cincinnati Master 1000, triumph for Djokovic: knockout of Alcaraz

After the Wimbledon knockout, Novak Djokovic took revenge over Carlos Alcaraz in the Cincinnati Masters 1000. Indeed, the Serbian tennis player prevailed over the world number one in three sets with a score of 5-7 7-6 7-6, after nearly four hours of play, winning his 95th career title.

The first set was characterized by a strong balance, with Carlos Alcaraz trying to impose his rhythm from the start. In the sixth game comes the first jolt of the match with Djokovic managing to snatch service at zero from his rival. However, the joy is short-lived, as the Murcian immediately places the counterbreak and taking advantage of the Serb’s physical decline manages to address the first partial thanks to the break in the 11th game.

The second set begins along the same lines as the first, with the world number one taking advantage of his rival’s difficulties by immediately breaking serve in the third game. Then in the eighth game came Djokovic’s reaction, taking advantage of the Spaniard’s four free errors by posting the counterbreak. After canceling a match point, “Nole” won the second partial on the score of 9-7 in the tiebreak, in one hour and six minutes.

The first ring of the third set was placed by the Serb, who managed from the start to have more rhythm than his opponent, managing to break serve in the seventh game. Alcaraz, for his part, after nullifying four match points managed to bring the score back to even, dragging the match to the decisive tiebreak, which was won by Djokovic with a score of 7-4.