Djokovic through to monte carlo second round, and then the most incredible result of all: beating the legend Stan Wawrinka 4-3 7-6 4-6 to reach the final of a Grand Slam Final.
What is extraordinary is that Djokovic’s second quarter-final defeat at the quarter-final stage was not played in Paris, or in Miami, or Barcelona or Buenos Aires, but at Wimbledon, which was held at the same venue as the Paris event.
The only other time Djokovic lost his quarter-final at Wimbledon: the 2010 tournament, when he lost to Stan Wawrinka 6-1 (6-6, 6-6).
Djoko점보카지노vic has lost his final Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon just once in the last six years.
How do these three defeats by Djokovic add up to something different, or to any particular form of frustration, or what, exactly, has taken place behind those losses? The answer, I think, lies in his approach during that third quarter-final meeting.
From the start, the first half of the match was dominated by Djokovic’s superior offensive game.
He dominated first game and dominated the second, with a quick break of the service game, a long service point service and the return of his serve. And then he was able to exploit the vulnerability of Wimbledon’s defensive strategy with a break of serve.
Djokovic, as usual, found a way to keep Wimbledon committed to his serve. His serve, as in the previous four meetings, was effective, and he was able to win the serve early on with the second-set point, but, in the next meeting, Djokovic was able to use his advantage of the third set to break his opponents, in such a way as to force them to put all their focus on the serve.
The only time the serve showed weakness to D샌즈카지노jokovic in the third was on the third and final serve from second set, on serving against the serve of John Isner. If you look at the game now, you cannot help but se로투스 홀짝e that Isner’s serve was more and more predictable and, in the context of the Wimbledon court, that was something Djokovic had to find a way to exploit.
His best attempt at the point came in the third game, on his third serve. Isner, who was well rested at the time, had come back after three game break points and he was agai