Serbia loses in just over an hour to Chilean in very poor performance
• Published on 05/12/2024 – 12:02 • Rome (Italy)
World number 1, Novak Djokovic showed apathy this Sunday and received a real lesson on clay from Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, 32nd in the world, in the third round of the Masters 1000 in Rome, Italy.
Surprisingly, the South American took no notice of the Serbian five-time champion of the tournament and scored an easy 6/2 6/3 in just 1h07min on the packed central court of the Foro Itálico.
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At 36 years old, Djokovic suffers his fifth defeat in 17 games this season and continues without reaching a single final in a year less than expected.
Nole had been hit in the head with a bottle on Friday night, opening a superficial wound.but said it was no big deal and joked about the episode arriving wearing a helmet to train on Saturday.
Djokovic presented a very low level of play with many errors and seeing his rival break twice in both sets. Tabilo made beautiful plays and took advantage of the Serb’s apathy, who ended the game in a melancholy way with a double fault. The public was in disbelief at the end of the match.
