Decidedly the solid Pablo Carreno Busta brings out of his gongs the best player in the world.
A little less than a year ago at the US Open, the Serbian, big favorite of the event, cracked at the end of the first set of his round of 16 against the Spaniard.
A bullet sent involuntarily into the head of a linesman, an exclusion and a hell of a disillusionment.
In the fight for the bronze medalist this Saturday against Carreno Busta, the world number one lost his nerves at the start of the third set.
After conceding the first set, Novak Djokovic won the second in the tie-break, after saving a match point.
In combat.
Nervous, very nervous, the Serbian cracked at the start of the last set.
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At 40-A in the first play of the final act, the Serbian first swung his racket in the stands, having won a point at the net by his opponent on a filed volley. Oddly enough, the referee did not give him a warning. More frustrated than ever, the Djoker screamed his vexation after conceding the break (0-2) and smashed his racket on the ground, after having spent his nerves on the net ... A little buggery that would not have denied the one of the subject matter specialists Benoit Paire.