Novak suffered a 3 set loss on Tuesday night on the Nitto ATP Finals.
High seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic failed in try to attain his second win in Inexperienced Group on the 2023 season finale in Turin, as he was defeated by no.4 seed Jannik Sinner 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2) in three hours and eighth minutes at Pala Alpitour.
Sinner produced one of many biggest performances of his profession. This was his first victory in opposition to Djokovic of their 4 H2H conferences.
Novak broke as soon as from three alternatives, whereas the Italian transformed two of his three break level possibilities.
Match statistics: aces (19-15), double faults (1-2), winners (42-39), unforced errors (26-33), whole factors gained (109-109).
Novak will look to e-book his place within the final 4 when he meets alternate Hubert Hurkacz within the last round-robin match on Thursday (14:30 CET). The Pole will change injured Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Jannik Sinner, who improved to 2-0 this week in Turin, will play in opposition to Holger Rune.
Djokovic is bidding to triumph on the year-ending event for a document seventh time.
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