Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic He conceded one of the worst defeats of his career in his farewell to the Vienna tournament in the quarterfinals, where he took a 6-2, 6-1 from the Italian Lorenzo Sonego, making it clear that he had met his goal after securing the world number one in his previous match.
Sonego, who had been re-caught as a ‘lucky loser’, celebrated the biggest victory of his career against a ‘Nole’ who committed more than twenty unforced errors and who was never on the track. The one from Belgrade had already done his homework at the Austrian event by reaching the quarter-finals and thus ensuring, for the sixth year, number one at the end of the season.
The professional image, however, left much to be desired in the Serbian, thinking of reaching his next goal fresh, the London Masters appointment. The number one conceded his third defeat of the season, after disqualification at the US Open and the Roland Garros final, against a Sonego radiant, who saved the six ‘break’ balls against which he had to access the semifinals.
Sonego, who caused the first defeat of the Serbian in his career against a player repechaled from the previous phase, will play in the semifinals against the winner of the clash between the British Daniel Evans and the bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
THIEM FELL AT HOME
The elimination of Djokovic it was the bombshell of a session that featured two other unexpected scores in the quarterfinals. First of all, the victory of the South African Kevin Anderson before the russian Daniil Medvedev.
Anderson will seek the final against the Russian Andrey Rublev, fifth seed, author of the other surprise of the day to beat the current champion and second favorite, the local Dominic Thiem, by 7-6 (5) and 6-2
