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Novak Djokovic Thrashes Rio Medalist Kei Nishikori on His Home Ground at Tokyo Olympics 2020
World No.1 Novak Djokovic seems just unstoppable right now. He is now one step closer to winning the Olympic Gold at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 as he thrashed fan’s favorite Kei Nishikori at his home in straight sets in the quarters of the tournament. The final scoreline of the match was 6-2, 6-0.
Novak Djokovic was quite dominant throughout the match as he lost only two games. He didn’t give any chance to Kei Nishikori and advanced to the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Decent ‘crowd’ out here for #Djokovic vs #Nishikori but can only imagine what it would have been like with real fans allowed in#SRB #JPN #Tennis pic.twitter.com/VaT84hcjb7
— Andrew Dampf (AP) (@AndrewDampf) July 29, 2021
Set-1: Novak Djokovic dominates the entire set
World No.1 Djokovic began the set on a really high note as he won the first game. The Serb broke in the next game too and then won the subsequent game to establish a 3-0 lead over Nishikori.
Ten człowiek @DjokerNole osiągnął już wszystko,co można osiągnąć w tenisie. Najlepszy tenisista w historii,lider ATP.Udział w #Tokyo2020 jest potwierdzeniem jakim jest patriotą. Wszelkie sondaże pokazują,że gdyby startował w wyborach na Prezydenta Serbii,wygrałby w cuglach! pic.twitter.com/TfLOoEZL26
— Claudia #BabiesLivesMatter (@MadameClaudine2) July 29, 2021
Nishikori finally managed to win the fourth game with the help of some amazing forehand winners. However, he failed to break Djokovic in the following game, and thus, the Serbian was leading 4-1 at the end of the fifth game. He even had the chance of breaking yet again in the sixth game but the Japanese star saved the break-point and reduced the margin to 4-2.
Le numéro un mondial serbe Novak Djokovic démarre idéalement son quart de finale face au Japonais Kei Nishikori, avec un break confirmé (3-0) #Tokyo2020 #JeuxOlympiques
Suivez les J.O. en direct https://t.co/C7EI4X69WD pic.twitter.com/4xnqVhX3B4
— France tv sport (@francetvsport) July 29, 2021
However, Djokovic won the next game on his serve and extended his lead to 5-2. He then broke yet again to seal the first set 6-2 in 40 minutes.
Business as usual for Novak!
Djokovic takes the first set 6-2 #Tokyo2020 | #7Olympics pic.twitter.com/paoL1I18He
— 7Olympics (@7olympics) July 29, 2021
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Set-2: Game, Set, Match for Djokovic
Djoker yet again enjoyed an exceptional start in the second set as he saved a break-point and won the first game. Interestingly, he broke in the second game to take his lead to 2-0.
#olimpics #Tokyo2020 #Tennis Men’s Single @DjokerNole #SRB vs. @keinishikori #JPN with #HouseMusic sound pic.twitter.com/agODNnaxL6
— Mattu Sport (@MattuSport) July 29, 2021
The Serbian legend didn’t lose his momentum and won four back-to-back points in the next game to widen his lead to 3-0. Nishikori was in some real trouble and had to do something to make a comeback in the match.
Yes!@Eurosport_ES pic.twitter.com/tzbWFy3tsY
— Cristian (@Doural28) July 29, 2021
However, he was looking helpless as he was not able to time his shots properly. Intriguingly, the World No.1 player broke yet again and then won his following service game as well. As a result, he was now just one game away from entering into the semis of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Djokovic broke for the third consecutive time in the sixth game and bageled the Japanese star. Thus, he conquered the set 6-0, and thus, won the match.
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