World No 1 Novak Djokovic won his 20th straight match of 2020 with a hard-fought 6-2, 6-4 victory over Tennys Sandgren while former world N...
World No 1 Novak Djokovic won his 20th straight match of 2020 with a hard-fought 6-2, 6-4 victory over Tennys Sandgren while former world No 1 players Andy Murray and Serena Williams bowed out of the Western & Southern Open in New York on Tuesday.
Djokovic, who captured the Australian Open in February, needed six match points to tough out the straight sets victory and reach the quarter-finals of the hardcourt tournament. Djokovic breezed through the final game by winning four straight points, closing it out with a cross-court forehand winner to take it in 88 minutes on Tuesday.
“All in all it was a great performance,” said Djokovic. “I felt better and played better than last night. I am going in a great direction.”
Smooth Stef 💪@StefTsitsipas takes down Isner to punch a ticket into the final eight 7-6(2), 7-6(4).#CInCyTENNIS pic.twitter.com/0KZCezOAE6
— Western & Southern Open (@CincyTennis) August 26, 2020
American Sandgren, who is ranked 55th in the world, made the Serb work for the victory as he survived five match points in the ninth game of the second set.
Djokovic advances to the quarter-finals where he will play German Jan-Lennard Struff, who defeated seventh seed David Goffin 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
“I served well,” he said. “But I can still get better.” Djokovic had pulled...
