Djokovic got past the tenacious Davidovich and is already in the round of 16 at Roland Garros

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic prevailed (7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-2) over the Spaniards Alexander Davidovich This Friday, in the third round of Roland Garros, the second ‘Grand Slam’ of the year, which is played on clay in Paris, in a very close match even though it is decided in three sets.

Philippe Chatrier welcomed the tennis players on a sunny day with less wind than in recent days, although the Serb looked uncomfortable, as in the match against the Hungarian Fucsovics, against whom he had a hard time finding his game despite the victory.

In the beginning, he encountered a responsive Davidovich, who tried to reduce the rhythm with drop shots and gamble at the smallest opportunity that presented itself. While the Malagasy won his serves without any problems, the Serbian had a more difficult time, saving a break point in the third game and finally surrendering his serve in the fifth.

The world number three recovered quickly break back, even though he needed three break points, in one of the longest games of the match. The marathon took its toll on him as he gestured to his bench during the break between games that he was suffering and that he was breathing well.

Davidovich took a big step towards the set, when he reached the second ‘break’ in the match with five ties, but when he was serving to close the first set, his hand ‘slipped’ and he failed to put the clip, leaving it for equalizer. There, Đoković regained his sensations with new life and closed his sleeve after ninety minutes of fighting.

At the beginning of the second, the tennis player from Málaga entered much better, unusually breaking Balkan’s serve, alternating the game of drop shots and winning shots that the opponent could not face. Of course, in the next serve of the Spaniard, he returned it again, after a very long game that ended in falling to his side.

The problem with the interruptions was caused by the fact that on the one hand the crosswind had a great influence, which made it difficult to maintain them. So much so that Đoković took the fifth game in the set, but already in the next he made three double faults that returned the result to a tie.

The key moment came with 6-5 for Davidovich, when he again had the opportunity for a set ball to tie the match, but he missed a very clean forehand and it was again decided in a tiebreak, where the Serbian was unerring and left the game on the right track even though he did not have the best day.

Nolet’s exhaustion became great and he needed a break for physiotherapy, and then there were clashes, gesticulations and whistles from the stands. The tension of the two-time champion was noticeable, but it did not throw him out of the match even on the way to his 23rd ‘big one’.

In the third set, Davidovich paid for being so close to winning the second set and went in on the wrong foot, dropping his first serve and suffering a lot in each game. Another ‘break’ came in the eighth, with which his opponent leveled the final score 6-2. The Serbian tennis player will face the winner of the Peruvian duel Juan Pablo Varillas and Polish Hubert Hurkacz.