Returning to the number one position in the world ranking, Novak Djokovic easily passed the second round of the US Open, winning in three sets against the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles (76 ATP) with a score of 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. .

Novak DjokovicPhoto: Tetsu Joko/AP/Profimedia

Novak Djokovic, match with compatriot Laszlo Jere in the third round of the US Open

After opening against Alexandre Muller of France (6-0, 6-2, 6-3), Nole opened the match with Zapata Miralles also in three sets.

If in the first set the Spaniard twice led in the score at the very beginning, then the following ones became a good training for the Serb in view of the next stages of the competition.

The game lasted a little over two hours.

Know:

  • In the ATP Live rankings, Djokovic climbed to the top spot, he will return to the top step of the hierarchy in the final of the US Open regardless of the outcome of the tournament (Alcaraz lost 2,000 points earned in the previous edition, while Nole did not participate in the Grand Slam tournament in New -York last year as he was not vaccinated against Covid-19).
  • In the third round, Djokovic will meet his compatriot Laszlo Jere (38 ATP).

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