Together with his third win in New York, Novak has gone one step additional than final 12 months, reserving his place within the spherical of 16 on the US Open.
The Serbian star and No. 7 seed battled previous world No. 35 Cameron Norrie within the third spherical after two hours and 50 minutes of play, scoring a 3–1 victory: 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3.
The opening set was a hard-fought affair, with the important thing second coming within the seventh sport when Novak broke Norrie’s serve to grab the benefit. At 5-4 he known as for a medical timeout resulting from again discomfort, but it surely proved to be nothing severe. Returning to the court docket, he held serve convincingly to shut out the set 6-4.
The second set adopted an analogous sample. Novak created three consecutive break possibilities within the seventh sport however couldn’t convert. His serve held up all through, however the set in the end went to a tie-break. Regardless of main 3-1, he allowed Norrie to swing the momentum with 5 straight factors, and a expensive double fault sealed the set 7-4 within the Briton’s favor.
Norrie got here out firing within the third, breaking Novak within the opening sport after saving two factors at 15-40. The response was instant – Djokovic struck again within the very subsequent sport on his third break probability. From there, the Serb took full management, stringing collectively three breaks and wrapping up the set 6-2.
By the fourth set, Norrie had no solutions left. Novak broke early within the second sport and by no means seemed again, cruising to a 6-3 end and a spot within the final 16.
Match stats: aces (18-9), double faults (6-4), winners (50-44), unforced errors (31-34), whole factors received (127-101).
Subsequent up, Djokovic will face qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff, the world No. 144, who surprised No. 17 seed Frances Tiafoe in straight units. Novak leads their head-to-head 7–0.
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