Novak Djokovic beats John Isner to score his 34th win in Shanghai - UBITENNIS

Novak Djokovic beats John Isner to score his 34th win in Shanghai

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World number 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic beat John Isner 7-5 6-3 in the third round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters after 1 hour and 14 minutes reach his 82nd Masters 1000 quarter final.

Djokovic beat Isner for the 10th time in 12 head-to-head matches against Isner.

Both players held serve in the first ten games of the opening set, but Djokovic forced the eighth and tenth games to deuce before breaking serve at love at 6-5 after a backhand error from Isner. Djokovic dropped just three points on serve in the opening set.

Djokovic won 20 of the 25 points from 5-5 to a 3-0 lead with another break in the second game of the second set. The Serbian star hit three winners at 5-3 to seal a straight-set win setting up a clash against either Stefanos Tsitsipas or Hubert Hurkacz.

Djokovic secured his 34th win in Shanghai and his 350th career match win at Masters 1000 level joining Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in reaching the Masters 1000 milestone.

The world number 1 player is bidding to win his 34th Masters 1000 title. Last week he won his 76th ATP Tour title at the Rakuten Open in Tokyo beating John Millman in the final. He has now won 14 consecutive titles. This year he won three more titles at the Australian Open, Madrid and Wimbledon.

Djokovic dropped just five of his first service points. Isner fired nine aces passing 1000 aces for the fifth consecutive year.

 

 

 

 

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