Banja Luka (Bosnia & Herzegovina), April 21 (Ians) Dusan Lajovic produced a clutch performance on serve to stun top seed Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the Banja Luka Open and claim his first win over a World No. 1, here on Friday.
Despite winning just four games across their previous two meetings, the 32-year-old Lajovic earned a 6-4, 7-6(6) victory after fending off 15 of 16 breakpoints faced to advance. Lajovic saved three set points in the second-set tie-break.
“I’m overwhelmed, it is the biggest win of my career. The emotions are very mixed because I’m playing here in front of my home town and I’m also playing against Nole who is a good friend and he’s a hero of our country. Beating him, it’s something that I didn’t even think is going to be possible, but it happened,” Lajovic said in his on-court interview.
Lajovic stayed aggressive,...
Despite winning just four games across their previous two meetings, the 32-year-old Lajovic earned a 6-4, 7-6(6) victory after fending off 15 of 16 breakpoints faced to advance. Lajovic saved three set points in the second-set tie-break.
“I’m overwhelmed, it is the biggest win of my career. The emotions are very mixed because I’m playing here in front of my home town and I’m also playing against Nole who is a good friend and he’s a hero of our country. Beating him, it’s something that I didn’t even think is going to be possible, but it happened,” Lajovic said in his on-court interview.
Lajovic stayed aggressive,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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