Novak won’t play on this 12 months’s Brisbane Worldwide semi-finals as Reilly Opelka sealed one of many largest victories of his profession, edging previous the Serb 7-6 (6), 6-3.
The massive-serving American powered into the final 4 of the ATP 250 occasion on Friday in a single hour and 40 minutes. He gained 83 per cent of first serves and didn’t face a break level.
After taking the primary set in a tie-break, Opelka broke Djokovic’s serve within the fourth sport of the second set and remained rock-solid on his personal supply to advance.
It was the pair’s first ATP H2H assembly.
Match statistics: aces (8-16), double faults (1-1), winners (15-35), unforced errors (15-30), whole factors gained (63-74).
Novak will subsequent head to Melbourne, the place he’ll chase a record-extending eleventh Australian Open crown and twenty fifth main.
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