The Serb won in two sets on Monday for his entry into the running at the Turin Masters.
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The misstep against Holger Rune was well digested by Novak Djokovic. A few days after his defeat in the Paris-Bercy Masters final against the Danish prodigy, the Serb dominated his favorite opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas in two sets for his first group match at the Turin Masters on Monday, November 14.
Facing the 8th in the world, Stefanos Tsitsipas recalled the limits he could have indoors against an opponent of the caliber of Novak Djokovic. Defeated eight times in a row before this meeting against the Serb, including three losses in 2022, the Greek has never been able to install his game, jostled by the incessant variations of the Serb who will have served him a particularly indigestible grub.
The service is in this particular sector that the former world number one has excelled. Serving the lead (67% first serve, seven points lost on his first ball), Djokovic only trembled for a moment. At 6-4, 1-2 in the second set, the 35-year-old felt the breath of the Greek in his neck. Overtaken from the baseline, the Greek changed his tactics, jumping at every opportunity to get to the net.
Rewarded with a break point in this fourth game of the second set, Tsitsipas could not do anything on his only chance of the match, attacked by a Serb who had become twirling again. Pushed to the tie-break, Djokovic once again accelerated against an overwhelmed Tsitsipas to break away (5-1) before concluding in two sets (6-4, 7-6[4]). Without Carlos Alcaraz and with a Rafael Nadal already in difficulty after his inaugural defeat against Taylor Fritz, the Serb once again asserts himself as the favorite for the final victory to win a sixth title at the Masters and equal a certain Roger Federer .