This is how Lajovic closed the match
2° Set Novak Djokovic (4-6 6-7) Dusan Lajovic
Lajovic in the second set closes the match in the tie break
2° Set Novak Djokovic (4-6 6-6) Dusan Lajovic
The second set goes to a tie break
2º Set Novak Djokovic (4-6 5-5) Dusan Lajovic
Lajovic had three breaking balls, but I miss them
2º Set Novak Djokovic (4-6 4-4) Dusan Lajovic
Neither of them fails with the service in favor, 4-4 in this second set
2º Set Novak Djokovic (4-6 3-3) Dusan Lajovic
Both had two breaking balls, but neither took advantage of it
2º Set Novak Djokovic (4-6 2-2) Dusan Lajovic
Not one fails with the service and the equality to two follows
2º Set Novak Djokovic (4-6 1-1) Dusan Lajovic
The second set started with a bang. with Novak Djokovic winning with service and had three break balls to the rest, but Lajovic saved them
1º Set Novak Djokovic (4-6) Dusan Lajovic
Lajovic wins on serve to take the first set
1º Set Novak Djokovic (4-5) Dusan Lajovic
Quick reaction from Lajovic who breaks serve and serves to close out the first set
1º Set Novak Djokovic (4-4) Dusan Lajovic
In his seventh ball break Djokovic takes it to break the service & nbsp;
1º Set Novak Djokovic (3-4) Dusan Lajovic
Blank game of the current number 1 in the world;
1º Set Novak Djokovic (2-4) Dusan Lajovic
Djokovic had three break balls, but again missed them. It takes in this first set 0/6 balls of break
1º Set Novak Djokovic (2-3) Dusan Lajovic
Djokovic wins on serve, despite starting 0-30 down on the scoreboard
1º Set Novak Djokovic (1-3) Dusan Lajovic
Lajovic wins on serve and confirms the advantage, before he had to save three break points
1º Set Novak Djokovic (1-2) Dusan Lajovic
On his first break ball Lajovic breaks serve.
1º Set Novak Djokovic (1-1) Dusan Lajovic
Easy game for Lajovic
1º Set Novak Djokovic (1-0) Dusan Lajovic
The match begins with a difficult game for Nole, where he was complicated with a 40-15 in favor, but he took it forward;
Novak Djokovic to start serving
The draw made before the start of the match was in favor of Nole.
Novak Djokovic is already on the court
This is how the current world No. 1 has been out on the track.
Djokovic and Lajovic face to face
These are the statistics of the two Serbian tennis players
Rival in the semifinals
The winner of this match will face the winner of the duel between Kecmanovic and Lehecka, if the Serbian wins, there will be another Serbian duel in the semifinals;
Lajovic's fourth quarter-final appearance on clay courts
The 32-year-old tennis player, currently ranked 70th in the world, reached the quarterfinals of the ATP Santiago, ATP Rio de Janeiro and ATP Buenos Aires;
Watch out for this fact
In the two clashes between these two Serbian tennis players only Lajovic has managed to win four games against Novak Djokovic
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This is the time the game starts in several countries:
Argentina: 8:00 AM
Bolivia: 8:00 AM
Brazil: 9:00 AM
Chile: 8:00 AM
Colombia: 7:00 AM
Ecuador: 7:00 AM
USA (ET): 9:00 AM
Spain: 15:00 PM
Mexico: 7:00 AM
Paraguay: 8:00 AM
Peru: 8:00 AM
Uruguay: 8:00 AM
Venezuela: 8:00 AM
England: 13: 00 AM
Australia : 22:00 AM
India: 17:30 AM
Home suffered in Banja Luka ATP
Novak Djokovic suffered more than his fair share of pain to reach the round of 16 and explained the match as follows: "It was not easy. Perhaps these are the slowest conditions in which I have ever competed. I couldn't penetrate the court, I was unable to overcome him with the ball". He also acknowledged that he suffered in the early stages of the match because Luka Van Assche "was able to respond to every ball for a set and a half, until I managed to get some rhythm".
Although the match lasted longer than expected, as it took the Serb quite a while to close the match, but he was satisfied with the end and the victory: "I'm happy with the way I closed the match. You can always play at a better level, but a win is a win".
How does Dusan Lajovic arrive?
The 32-year-old Serbian tennis player started the year by falling in the qualifying round of the ATP Auckland and in the first round of the Grand Slam. In Có rdoba ATP, he added the first victory of 2023, although he fell in the round of 16 against the Spanish Albert Ramos. In Buenos Aires and Chile he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Carlos Alcaraz. He had to withdraw in the qualifying round in Indian Wells and in Miami he again came up against the Spaniard Alcaraz. In the most recent tournament, ATP Monte Carlo, he got through the qualifying round in Monte Carlo, even though he lost against Humbert, but in the first round he was eliminated by the Australian Popyrin. In this Banja Luka ATP tournament he beat his compatriot Krajinovic in the first round in three sets and in the second round he defeated Frenchman Barrere in just over an hour.
How is Novak Djokovic coming along?
The Serb, currently ranked number one in the world, kicked off 2023 by winning the Adelaide ATP and then went on to win the first Grand Slam, lifting the Australian Open on his return to the tournament. In ATP Dubai he reached the semifinals where he ended his perfect start and cut his 15-match winning streak when he suffered his first loss of the year against Daniil Medvedev. A month later he returned to the courts in his first clay court tournament where he lost in the round of 16 to Lorenzo Musetti. In the round of 16 of the Banja Luka ATP he suffered against the young French player of only 18 years old, Van Assche, and after a comeback and after more than 2 hours and a half he managed to close the match;
Background
A total of two times Novak Djokovic and Dusan Lajovic have faced each other throughout history and both times the triumph has fallen to the current world number 1. The last time they faced each other was precisely on the clay tour, in 2018, in the first round of the ATP Monte Carlo where the Serb won in less than an hour with a 6-0 and 6-1. Three years earlier, in 2015 they faced each other in the round of 32 of the ATP Doha by 6-2 and 6-1, in a match that lasted a scant hour.
The stadium
The ATP Banja Luka court, located in Banjaluka, will have a capacity of 6000 people for this tournament;
Preview of the match
Novak Djokovic and Dusan Lajovic will meet in the quarterfinals of the Banja Luka ATP in a Serbian duel for a place in the semifinals.
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