Novak Djokovic played a masterful game from the baseline and with his forehand against Roman Safuillin, winning 6-3, 6-2, and thus booking his place in the Shanghai quarterfinals against Jakub Mensik.
Djokovic played a masterful first set in terms of the baseline and his forehands. Not masterful, but almost perfect. According to the ATP rating, he reached 9.8 out of 10, which means he played almost perfectly and on that basis, he managed to win as many as five games in a row.
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The Serbian tennis player broke serve for 5-3 and made a difference, and then confirmed that by winning the first set 6-3.
He continued fiercely in the second, and even Safuillin going to the toilet didn’t help. He simply immediately made the first break, then the second, and reached an insurmountable advantage. He was so comfortable that at one point he even criticized the new towel rule. He had a whole monologue.
Djokovic finished the match with 16 winners and 13 unforced errors (eight in the first set). He hit 64% of his first serves and it is expected that he will increase that percentage by the end of the tournament.
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Source: Nova.rs
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