On the 11th, he will face 19-year-old rookie Jakub Mensik in the semifinals.
‘Crown Prince of Tennis’ Novak Djokovic (37, Serbia) continues to cruise toward his 100th trophy.
Djokovic defeated Roman Sapiullin (Russia) 2-0 (6-3 6-1) in the round of 16 of the Men’s Professional Tennis (ATP) Tour 2024 Shanghai Masters held at Qizhong Forest Sports City in Shanghai, China on the 9th (Korean time). Successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
Djokovic, who achieved his 99th career victory by winning the gold medal in the men’s singles tennis event at the 2024 Paris Olympics last August, will also challenge for his 100th victory through this tournament.
He was eliminated in the third round of the US Open tennis tournament held after the Olympics, and did not participate in the ATP Tour China Open last month.
Djokovic, who has been a major champion a total of 24 times, wants to win the China Open trophy and become the third player in history to win 100 tournaments, following Jimmy Connors (USA, 109 times) and Roger Federer (Switzerland, 103 times). Do it.
Djokovic has already won the Shanghai Open four times, making him the winner of the tournament with the most wins.
However, winning this year is not expected to be easy.
Prominent players, including world number one Jannik Sinner (Italy), Carlos Alcaras (second place, Spain), and Daniil Medvedev (fifth place, Russia), were named to the quarterfinals.
Djokovic’s quarterfinal opponent is Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic), ranked 65th in the world, a 19-year-old rookie player born in 2005.
He is a difficult opponent who defeated world number 10 Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 2-1 (6-3 3-6 6-4) in the round of 16.
On the 11th, the two players will face off for the first time in this tournament.
If Djokovic wins against Mensik, he will face the winner of the match between Taylor Fritz (7th, USA) and David Goffin (66th, Belgium) in the semifinals.
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