Tennis, Djokovic winning return to Bercy. Alcaraz vs Sinner

Back from the final lost at the US Open, the number 1 folds Fucsovics in three sets. A little rusty, but enough to go to the second round. The Spanish baby talent advances and now finds Jannik

September 12 and the defeat against Daniil Medvedev at the US Open are behind us. A little less than two months later, Novak Djokovic is back on the pitch and does what he does best: win. Marton Fucsovics pays the price, after the victory against Fabio Fognini greets Paris-Bercy: 6-2 4-6 6-3 the final score. The number 1 in the world is far from perfect: the rust is felt, the performance is fluctuating like never before. But on the other side of the net there is an opponent who puts his own in it and who is unable to take advantage of it: for the Serbian now one between Adrien Mannarino and Gael Monfils.

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Many faces

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The third set is emblematic of the moods and physical conditions present at the Paris-Bercy plant. In the third game Djokovic takes an important turn to serve and lets himself go: classic scream at the change of court. One of the first signs of the real Nole. In the next game, The Djoker is a cannibal in response: break to zero. But it is not enough to have an easy life: when everything seems decided, Fucsovics returns to the set by snatching Djokovic’s serve in the fifth game, with the number 1 in the world unable to capitalize from 30-0. The next game is the Hungarian’s harakiri, who hands himself over to the Serbian: he’s not the unplayable Novak in response, but Fucsovics doesn’t seem ready to win the game.

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The first two sets

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In the first two sets, the story had been more or less this: a few flashes of real Djokovic, some rabbits from the top from Fucsovics but little else. So much so that even a contracted Novak managed to bring home the first set, before the dramatic decline allowed the Hungarian – number 40 in the world – to take the game to the decisive set. Now Djokovic will deal with a favorite of the Paris public, whoever arrives between Mannarino and Monfils: the public, in all probability, will be lined up on the other side. One more reason – in addition to greater confidence with the pitch – to think of a better version of Djokovic.

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Ora Sinner-Alcaraz

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The match of the day was the one between Carlos Alcaraz and Pierre-Hugues Herbert: 6-7 7-6 7-5 in just under three hours of play. The Spanish baby will face Jannik Sinner on Wednesday 3 November on field 1: a fascinating challenge to be followed between two of the possible protagonists of the future. It will be the first confrontation between the two at the Atp level.

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