Novak Djokovic produced a dominant efficiency within the fourth spherical motion on the Miami Open offered by Itau, beating fifteenth seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-2, 6-2.
The match lasted one hour and 22 minutes and was performed beneath extraordinarily difficult circumstances as a result of excessive humidity following rain.
After trailing 0-2 within the first set, Novak clicked into greater gear and located his finest kind, taking full management of the competition and leaving his rival with none reply. With an unimaginable show, he received 9 consecutive video games – together with 4 breaks – earlier than the Italian managed to win one and slender the hole to 6-2, 3-1.
From that time on, each gamers held their serves till the ultimate recreation, when Novak secured one other break to wrap up a convincing victory over his 15-years-younger opponent.
“He had a extremely good begin. First couple of video games I began a bit of bit gradual after which I knew that if I give him time, he’s going to make his photographs,” Djokovic stated. “He loves form of operating round his backhand, hitting forehands. However he’s so gifted, he can play any shot within the recreation on any floor. It was robust, notably within the first seven, eight video games of the match. However I believe breaking his serve to return again to 2-all and break instantly at 3-2, it was a momentum shift and I attempted to make use of that.”
Match stats: aces (1-1), double faults (1-3), winners (18-10), unforced errors (17-18), complete factors received (62-40).
Novak will now face no.24 seed Sebastian Korda (1-0 H2H report) within the Masters 1000 occasion quarter-finals.
The American superior to this stage by outplaying Gael Monfils in three units.
The match is scheduled on Thursday about 02:00 CET.
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