Paris: World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic made a strong comeback after trailing from 2 sets. He won the second title of the men’s singles of the French Open tennis tournament by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in a five-set final.
19th Grand Slam title captured
With this, Novak Djokovic captured the 19th Grand Slam title. 5th-ranked player Stefanos Tsitsipas got off to a great start by winning the first two sets 7-6, 6-2 but top seed Djokovic won the next two sets 6-3, 6-2 to win the match in the 5th and last set. pulled.
Won the final set 6-4
In the final set, Djokovic took the lead by breaking Tsitsipas’ serve in the third game and then held it to the end, winning the match and the title, winning the set 6-4. Djokovic had a chance to break the Greece player’s serve in the 5th game as well but he missed it. The Serbian player then won the 10th game while retaining his serve.
Tsitsipas’s dream is broken
Djokovic also broke Tsitsipas’s dream of becoming Greece’s first Grand Slam champion. Djokovic is now just one step away from equaling Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s record 20 Grand Slam titles. Tsitsipas, 22, had to undergo treatment from his trainer on the court itself after the third set during the match due to back pain.
Djokovic doesn’t give up
Novak Djokovic has managed to win the first two sets five times in his career even before this. Before this match, in the matches lasting 5 sets, this player of Serbia had won 34 times while he had to face defeat 10 times.
Djokovic’s 29th Grand Slam Final
Novak Djokovic, who defeated another legendary player and the uncrowned king of Roland Garros Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals, was playing in the Grand Slam final for the 29th time, while the Greek player won for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament. Made it to the finals.
Tsitsipas won the first set
Novak Djokovic had a good start and had a chance to win on his serve in the first set but after that, he lost 8 of the next 9 points and went 0-4 in the tiebreaker. Tsitsipas had no problem winning the first set.
Djokovic’s great comeback
Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas broke Novak Djokovic twice in the second set to take a 2-0 lead but the Serbian won the next two sets easily to level the score at 2-2. succeeded.