Tennis
4 hour thriller. Djokovic regains match points to beat Alcaraz in final
On the night of August 21, an incredibly tense final match took place in the grueling tournament of the ATP 1000 series in Cincinnati (USA).
The world’s first racket, Carlos Alcaras, met with Novak Djokovic, number 2 of the ATP rating. The game took about 4 hours
Djokovic lost the first set (5:7), but managed to win the second set with a tie-break – 7:6 (9:7). At the same time, the Serbian managed to escape at the match point in the tie-break.
The decisive third game took about 3 hours. Djokovic went ahead with a timeout (5:3 and 5:4), but was unable to apply for the match. In total, he missed 4 match points in the 9th and 10th games.
The game went to a tie-break in the decisive 3rd set and Djokovic managed to finish the game in his favor with 7:6 (7:4).
Tennis players played each other 4 times. The score of the personal meetings was a draw (2:2)
Source: Sport UA
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