Nole suffered his third loss this season.
Novak’s Srpska Open marketing campaign was ended on Friday when he fell to compatriot Dusan Lajovic in quarter-final motion, 4-6, 6-7 (6), in two hour and 29 minutes.
The 2 gamers had exchanged breaks as soon as within the opener earlier than Lajovic moved 5-4 forward to provide himself the prospect to serve for the primary set. The no.3 racquet of Serbia saved three break factors earlier than closing it out after precisely one hour.
The second set went to a tie-break. Novak was main 6-3, however he couldn’t capitalise on the set factors. Lajovic received 5 factors in a row to seal the most important win of his profession.
The 22-time main champion transformed simply one in every of his 16 break level probabilities. He now holds a 17-3 W/L document in 2023.
Match statistics: aces (3-3), double faults (2-0), complete factors received (89-98).
Novak is trying to find his finest type forward of the second Grand Slam occasion of the season, the Roland Garros.
The Serbian and world no.1 will head to Madrid for the Mutua Madrid Open (26 April – 7 Might), the place he was triumphant thrice (2011, 2016, 2019).
Final 12 months, he fell to the eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz in three tight units (7-6, 5-7, 6-7).
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