ONE System | 18/02/2021 10:39
Novak Djokovic (Reuters)
After the surprise with the dismissal of Rafael Nadal, the Australian Championship semi-final stage is currently taking place in Melbourne with an edge meeting between the big favorite and the winner, Novak Djokovic, for the Cinderella story of the tournament, Aslan Kratzb.
So after seeing his great rival Nadal surprisingly ousted by Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Serbian joker knows that the road to a 9th degree in Australia should be simpler on paper, but to take another step towards the Spaniard and Roger Federer with Major No. 18 in his career, he First of all you have to beat the Russian who grew up in Israel and did all the impressive way from the qualifying stage.
Djokovic comes after an impressive 1: 3 over Alexander Zebrav in the quarterfinals and precisely after losing the first set, in the stage before the Serb passed the Canadian giant, Milos Raunic and now faces a really unknown opponent, who is also the first to reach the semi-finals already In his first appearance at the Grand Slam tournament.
Ranked 114 in the world, who grew up in Jaffa and then returned to Russia, completed an extraordinary magical journey from the early stages of the tournament (more than a month ago) to the prestigious stage with no less than eight consecutive victories, passing Diego Schwartzman, Felix Oza Eliasim and Gregor Dimitrov In the quarterfinals.
First set: 3: 6 to Djokovic
Nola did not have a hard time in the first game and did not lose a single point on the way to0: 1 fast. Kratzb recovered in the second game, gained confidence and equalized to1: 1. The Russian with a great thump from side to side continued to make it difficult for Djokovic, but the latter completed the third game with 1: 2. Kratzb’s stubborn and impressive point that went up to 0:40 in the fourth game with a lot of determination on the way to2: 2. At the end of another stubborn game, Djokovic went up to2: 3. A simple, simple game by Kratzb that continued to appear without any feelings of inferiority – a stubborn game between the sides ended in a nice point of the Russian on the way to3: 3. Kratzb’s lack of concentration in the next campaign with two slips on the surface, led to3: 4 Of Djokovic. The Serb went on his own and completed the awakening with a smooth game and went up to3: 5. Djokovic continued to take advantage of Kratzev’s sleepiness and completed another smooth game without losing a point and sealed the battle with 3: 6.
Act II: 4: 6 to Djokovic
Kratzev rose differently to the next set and completed a smooth game on the way to0: 1. Djokovic woke up and compared to1: 1 At the end of a fickle game. The Serb achieved a break and with a perfect play went up to1: 2. Ranked No. 1 in the world continued to dictate matters and kept the submission on the way to1: 3. Nola with another perfect game went up to1: 4, When the Russian who opened excellently continued to make a lot of mistakes and had difficulty keeping up and within 23 minutes inside the sketch had already risen to1: 5. Kratzev recovered in the seventh game and shrank to5: 2. Kratzb does not give up and as in the first act, he showed great determination and kept the battle alive when he shrank to5: 3 And immediately afterwards to5: 4. The 114th ranked player continued in an aggressive and confident game and scored a break point, but at the end of a super exciting game he recorded 4: 6.
