Novak Djoković

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Może to odpowiednia chwila by powoli skupić się tylko na rodzinie? Nie trzeba rozmieniać się na drobne, nie trzeba grać profesjonalnie przez 20 lat jak prawie każdy w tych czasach. Pewnych rzeczy się nie da przeskoczyć. To co wygrał to jego i nikt mu tego już nie zabierze, a kolejne porażki jak ta z Włochem psuje jego obraz jako kogoś ponad tą całą średnią stawkę próbującego dogonić Nadala i Federera.

[Żilu]

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Może to odpowiednia chwila by powoli skupić się tylko na rodzinie? Nie trzeba rozmieniać się na drobne, nie trzeba grać profesjonalnie przez 20 lat jak prawie każdy w tych czasach. Pewnych rzeczy się nie da przeskoczyć. To co wygrał to jego i nikt mu tego już nie zabierze, a kolejne porażki jak ta z Włochem psuje jego obraz jako kogoś ponad tą całą średnią stawkę próbującego dogonić Nadala i Federera.

Podobne wątki przejawiały się już w przypadku Fedala i zobacz co z nich powstało Ostatnie dwa turnieje nie były tragiczne, natomiast z pewnością Djoko nie można dopuścić do takiej sytuacji jak w 2017 roku, czyli granie z kontuzją, aż nie będzie w stanie odbijać i z krótszej przerwy zrobić dłuższą. Tak samo Murek się zajechał. A powrót wymaga czasu.

[DUN I LOVE]

Koniec niepewności co do startu w turniejach trawiastych.

Queens Club
Wimbledon

Taki plan na sezon trawiasty 2018.

[Damian]

Djokovic To Begin Grass Campaign At The Queen's Club

Spoiler:

The Serbian reached the final at the event in 2008
Novak Djokovic said after his quarter-final loss at Roland Garros that he was unsure if he would compete during the grass-court season. But the Serbian has ended any uncertainty, accepting a wild card into next week’s Fever-Tree Championships at The Queen’s Club.
“I am very excited to be playing the Fever-Tree Championships again. I have happy memories of reaching the final at The Queen’s Club 10 years ago and also winning the doubles title the last time I was there,” Djokovic said according to a press release. “The grass courts are always perfect, the atmosphere always great and I am looking forward to playing in front of the British crowds again.”
It will be the Serbian’s fourth main draw appearance at the event, and his first since 2010. Djokovic advanced to the championship match in 2008 before falling to Rafael Nadal.
“We have been hoping Novak would come back to play in the Fever-Tree Championships for years and this is fantastic news for all of us,” Tournament Director Stephen Farrow said. “Novak is one of the best players in the sport’s history, he adds even more strength to our player line-up, and we can’t wait to see him on grass at The Queen’s Club.”
Djokovic joins a star-studded lineup at the ATP World Tour 500-level event, which includes World No. 1 Nadal, five-time winner Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and World No. 5 Marin Cilic. In total, 11 players inside the Top 20 of the current ATP Rankings will be in action, with other exciting stars such as Nick Kyrgios and #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov also on the entry list. Defending champion Feliciano Lopez will attempt to retain his title.
Four of Djokovic’s 68 tour-level titles have come on grass, including his most recent championship victory at Eastbourne last season. The 31-year-old will attempt to maintain the momentum he gained from his semi-final showing in Rome, followed by his trip to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.

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[Damian]

[Barty]

Djokovic: 'The Biggest Challenge Will Always Be Mental'

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The Serbian, who opens against John Millman, reflects on Murray's return
Much of the attention at this week’s Fever-Tree Championships will go to former World No. 1 and five-time champion Andy Murray, who is competing in his first tournament since last year’s Wimbledon Championships, as he has dealt with a hip injury. But if there’s anyone in the field who understands his position, it’s Novak Djokovic, who missed six months after Wimbledon last year due to a right elbow injury.

“I’ve faced myself this major injury that got me off the court for six-plus months, surgery and so forth. You feel the consequences of that more mentally than physically,” Djokovic said. “I never knew that it was going to take so much time for me really to get back into that state of mind where I’m comfortable, where I’m confident, where I’m confident with my game, with the changes I made. But it is what it is, and it’s a new experience and I’m open for that and obviously I have to embrace it.”


The Serbian, another former No. 1 in the ATP Rankings, lost three matches in a row earlier this year — in the Round of 16 at the Australian Open and in his Indian Wells and Miami openers — for the first time since 2007. But he has recently found his stride, advancing to the semi-finals at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Rome and the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. And part of that success has not come from physical improvement on the court, but his approach.

“It’s frustrating at times to know that maybe I’m not able to execute what I was doing so well for so many years before,” Djokovic said. “But those are the circumstances that are present and hopefully will change, as everything in life is evolving, changing. And I’m working on it daily to be able to get closer to that perfect game scenario that I would like to have.”

So what if Murray struggles like Djokovic did early in his comeback? How will he be able to overcome those hurdles, both physical and mental?

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“That’s something you’ll never know how to strategise until you actually experience it. So of course you can have, always, the positive affirmation, the preparation mentally to say to yourself, ‘Well I’m going to go out there and enjoy the moment. I’m not going to think of what has happened and what will happen.’ We all go through that, whether you’re an athlete or whoever you are,” Djokovic said. “You always try to make the most out of the present moment. Especially in these kind of circumstances, I think that’s going to be the biggest challenge for him. That’s life. That’s what makes us stronger.”

But it is tough for Djokovic to completely put himself in Murray’s shoes, as the Scot was out for a longer stretch. His hip injury also affects his movement, whereas Djokovic’s elbow more directly impacted his stroke technique.

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“He has been absent for longer than I have. Honestly, I don’t know how difficult it feels for him to deal with that. I don’t know how painful it is still or not for him to move around. But I think the biggest challenge will always be mental. At least in my situation, that was the case,” Djokovic said. “[The challenge is] how to just get it out of your head and just understand that it’s behind you. You’re fine now, you’re healthy, and [understand] that you can focus on your game rather than thinking 50 per cent of the time while you’re on the court whether something could happen or, ‘Does it hurt me? Does it not hurt me? Am I imagining things? Is it real? Is it not real?’ And then 50 per cent of the time you’re thinking about your tactics and what you have to execute. If you don’t have mental clarity on the court, especially on grass where everything happens very quickly, it’s very difficult to play.”

But one thing going for Murray is that he has historically had success on grass courts. The 31-year-old ranks second among active players with an 84.8 per cent win-rate on the surface according to the FedEx ATP Performance Zone. He has won eight tour-level grass-court titles, including two championships at Wimbledon.


“He’s very comfortable on grass. I don’t want to put my words in his mouth, but seeing his results, he always felt great on the grass. He always played very well, and it’s at home. He needs that support,” Djokovic said. “Having a couple weeks at home and playing, I’m sure that these are the events where he will give his 100 per cent to try to get on the court and be in condition to play, probably more than anywhere else.”

But more than anything else, Djokovic is happy to see his longtime friend and rival back on the court. And while the Serbian said he has not had a chance to catch up with Murray just yet, seeing him on the practice court was a positive for the entire sport.

“Tennis misses him. He’s a great champion and a great guy,” Djokovic said. “I really hope to see him back playing on that level that he had played the last couple years.”

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[arti]

Mundial 2018. Novak Djoković dumny z postawy piłkarzy Serbii. "Rozpoczęliśmy turniej w najlepszy sposób"

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Novak Djoković jest miłośnikiem piłki nożnej. Kibicuje drużynie AC Milan oraz reprezentacji swojego kraju. - Mamy bardzo młodą drużynę. Jest w niej kilku piłkarzy, którzy przed trzema laty wygrali mistrzostwa świata do lat 20. Liderami są Kolarov i Ivanović, którzy wiele lat grali w Premier League - ocenił.



Reprezentacja Serbii po ośmiu latach ponownie uczestniczy w piłkarskich mistrzostwach świata. W niedzielę, w meczu 1. kolejki fazy grupowej turnieju w Rosji, Serbowie pokonali 1:0 Kostarykę. - Od dawna nie graliśmy w mistrzostwach świata czy Europy, więc teraz mamy okazję, aby się tym cieszyć. Rozpoczęliśmy turniej w najlepszy sposób - mówił belgradczyk.











REKLAMA








Najlepszy serbski tenisista w historii wyjawił, że jest w przyjacielskich relacjach z Aleksandarem Kolarovem, strzelcem zwycięskiego gola w meczu z Kostaryką. - Jestem zaprzyjaźniony z Kolarovem, który strzelił tę niesamowitą bramkę, oraz z Nemanją Maticiem i jeszcze kilkoma zawodnikami. Wprawdzie tenis i piłka nożna bardzo się różnią, ale możemy dzielić się spostrzeżeniami dotyczącymi tego, jak trenujemy.



Djoković ma na koncie wiele indywidualnych triumfów, na czele z 12 tytułami wielkoszlemowymi, ale także święcił sukcesy drużynowe. W 2010 był w kadrze reprezentacji Serbii, która zdobyła pierwszy i jak dotychczas jedyny w historii Puchar Davisa. - Kiedy grasz dla swojego kraju, spędzasz czas razem. To jest cudowne. Jako że tenis to sport indywidualny, tracimy poczucie bycia w zespole. To daje nam tylko Puchar Davisa - wyjaśniał.



Finał mundialu w Rosji odbędzie się 15 lipca i pokryje się terminem z meczem o tytuł Wimbledonu. - Nie wiedziałem o tym - przyznał Serb, sugerując, że 15 lipca wolałby spędzić czas na korcie, niż przed telewizorem: - Miałem szczęście wygrać Wimbledon trzy razy. I byłbym bardzo zadowolony, gdybym w tym roku musiał opuścić finał mistrzostw świata.

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[Barty]

Novak Partners With Harvard To Defeat ‘Toxic Effects Of Child Poverty’

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Scott Delaney, a lifelong tennis fan and lawyer by trade, is one of three 2018-2019 Djokovic Science & Innovation fellows
Many are familiar with the Novak Djokovic Foundation, which strives to provide underprivileged children with quality preschool education. But few would know that the foundation endows a fellowship at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

It’s not often that you’ll find a legendary athlete supporting the research of doctoral students. But in 2016, the Djokovic Science and Innovation Fellowship was created to contribute new, science-based innovations in early childhood development. This partnership is meant to create a new generation of leaders who will leverage science for innovation in early childhood practice and policy settings.

Chicagoan Scott Delaney, an attorney by trade who is pursuing a doctoral degree in social and psychiatric epidemiology, is one of the three 2018-2019 Djokovic Science & Innovation fellows to receive support for their research. Delaney isn’t just aware of who Djokovic is — he is a lifelong tennis fan.

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“I remember growing up and watching Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi and watching Sampras set records that I never thought would be broken, only to see them fall to Federer, Nadal and Djokovic,” Delaney said. “I’m a terrible tennis player, but that does not prevent me from being a very enthusiastic fan and from following the sport.”

While Delaney grew up following those American superstars, he says it was impossible to miss the man whose foundation he received a fellowship from.

“His 2015-2016 season was amazing. You can’t follow sports of any kind and not know of his presence,” Delaney said of Djokovic. “It’s worth noting that I think anybody engaged in child development work will eventually have come across the work of his foundation. It’s pretty prominent. They do superb work.”

Delaney’s research focuses on how poverty changes the lives of children in ways that make it more difficult to succeed well both as kids and as adults. He studies specific types of experiences that causes such situations to learn how to reduce any negative effects.


“Growing up poor can be really challenging, but there are also very tangible, very effective ways of reducing or even eliminating the toxic effects of poverty and adversity,” Delaney said. “If you can intervene, if you can help kids who are facing poverty or who are facing adversity, you can negate a lot of the things that might otherwise happen if the kids don’t have access to preschool and childhood programming.”

That makes his fellowship from the Novak Djokovic Foundation a perfect fit.

“We believe in facilitating the very best in early childhood development and education, always striving to provide a strong foundation for every child,” Djokovic said, on his foundation’s website. “Our project work on the frontlines is informed by the latest academic thinking and now we will also be in a position to contribute to that body of knowledge for the benefit of practitioners and academics alike, in Serbia and globally.”

The partnership came to be through a number of conversations between Novak Djokovic Foundation Global CEO Alberto Lidji and the Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, Dr. Jack Shonkoff. Lidji considers Shonkoff the leading mind in the field of early childhood development and education, so he reached out to discuss ways they might be able to collaborate. The rest is history.

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“He is truly remarkable and it was natural for me to reach out to him and explore how we might collaborate,” Lidji told ATPWorldTour.com. “Jack is now also on our Foundation's Global Advisory Board, which gives us truly unique insights as we aim to transform the landscape in early childhood development and education.

“Both Novak and his wife Jelena have been very supportive. As soon as the opportunity for collaboration with Harvard's Center on the Developing Child gained structure and its purpose became clear; there was immediate buy-in and we've never looked back. Both Novak and Jelena are extremely involved with the Foundation and their support invigorates the whole team and makes these sort of partnerships with leading centres of excellence possible.”

Lidji recently spent an hour speaking with Delaney about his research interests, calling his “energy and can-do attitude truly infectious”.

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So, for someone who grew up watching tennis and is a fan of Djokovic, how impressed is Delaney by all of the Serbian’s philanthropic efforts?

“I think, increasingly, our sports heroes are engaging in work for the social good. But I don’t know of any other foundation that sponsors work in this way, at least not led by an athlete let alone a tennis star,” Delaney said. “He’s so prominent, not just in the U.S., but globally. He has an opportunity to lead in ways that few other people do right now, so it’s really cool.”

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And that is something that Lidji says Djokovic’s foundation embraces.

“While many people might perceive us as a 'celebrity foundation', the reality is that we're much more than that,” Lidji said. “We are a vibrant, sustainable, operating foundation that embraces academic rigour and celebrates research excellence as we try to fill the gaps in the body of knowledge in the field of early childhood development and education.”

Did You Know?
The Novak Djokovic Foundation received grants from the ATP ACES For Charity programme in 2013 and 2017.

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2 mecze od granicy 800 wygranych gier jest Nole.

[Lucas]

[DUN I LOVE]

Jak już Damian podał, Novak wygrał pierwszy mecz z graczem z Top-5 od 1,5 roku (Doha 2017 i finał z Murrayem - wtedy numer 1).

W Londynie Serb pokonał Dimitrova.

[arti]

Djokovic Downs Dimitrov At Queen's Club

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Novak Djokovic secured his first victory over Top 5 opposition in almost 18 months, defeating World No. 5 Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-1 at the Fever-Tree Championships on Thursday.

Djokovic notched his seventh win in eight FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings against the reigning Nitto ATP Finals titlist after 65 minutes, winning eight of the last nine games and 30 of 34 first-serve points.

The 31-year-old, who lifted the doubles title in 2010 (w/Erlich), improves to 8-3 at the Queen's Club and has now reached the last eight in each of his three most recent tournament appearances. Djokovic advanced to the Internazionali BNL d'Italia semi-finals in May (l. to Nadal) and reached the last eight at Roland Garros (l. to Cecchinato).

"I'm still kind of finding my form," Djokovic said. "This was a great test, playing against one of the top players in the world, a player that I guess prefers this surface the most. It was a great challenge that I was looking forward to. I was very focused; I was very determined to play my best, especially after my great performance in the first round (d. Millman)."

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Both men made strong starts, holding their opening four service games with relative ease. But, from that point forward, Djokovic seized total control.

After holding to 15 for a 5-4 lead, the Serb capitalised on two double faults from Dimitrov, at the start and conclusion of the tenth game, to take a one-set lead.

"I guess I broke his resistance in that 10th game of the first set. He made a couple of crucial double faults that obviously allowed me to get ahead, but I thought I was just making him play in big moments and I served well when I needed to," Djokovic said. "So it was a very good performance."

Djokovic went from strength to strength in the second set, breaking serve to 30 in the fourth and sixth games before converting his fourth match point, as Dimitrov's slice-backhand return floated beyond the baseline.

Djokovic will meet Adrian Mannarino, who won an all-French clash in the final match of the day, 7-6(4), 6-3 against qualifier Julien Benneteau, over one hour and 51 minutes. The Serbian has won both his FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings with Mannarino in straight sets.

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Did You Know?
Gigor Dimitrov has appeared at every edition of the Fever-Tree Championships since 2009. The Bulgarian won the title in 2014, defeating Spain's Feliciano Lopez in a final-set tie-break.

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QC18: 800. wygranych meczów w karierze!


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31-letni Serb zapisał na swoim koncie 2. tegoroczny półfinał i jako 10. gracz w historii osiągnął granicę 800 wygranych spotkań.

1] Jimmy Connors (USA) - 1,256
2] Roger Federer (SUI) - 1,156
3] Ivan Lendl (CZE/USA) - 1,068
4] Guillermo Vilas (ARG) - 949
5] Rafael Nadal (ESP) - 903
6] John McEnroe (USA) - 881
7] Andre Agassi (USA) - 870
8] Ilie Nastase (ROM) - 846
9] Stefan Edberg (SWE) - 801
10] Novak Djoković (SRB) - 800

[Damian]

Read & Watch: Djokovic Reaches 800 Wins Milestone

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ATPWorldTour.com pays tribute to Djokovic's match wins achievement

As he continues his journey back to peak performance, Novak Djokovic has today recorded the 800th match win of his career (800-171). The Serbian, who is competing in his 16th season as a pro and aims to capture his fifth grass-court title at the Fever-Tree Championships, is the 10th player in the past 50 years to attain the milestone.

By recording his 17th match win of the season, over France’s Adrian Mannarino at The Queen’s Club — one of the oldest tournaments (1890) on the ATP World Tour — Djokovic has followed in the footsteps of Jimmy Connors (1,256), Roger Federer (1,156), Ivan Lendl (1,068), Guillermo Vilas (949), Rafael Nadal (903), John McEnroe (881), Andre Agassi (870), Ilie Nastase (846) and Stefan Edberg (801).

Djokovic’s contemporaries and long-time rivals, Federer and Nadal, who have also passed the mark, also recorded quarter-final wins for their 800th victory. Federer beat Juan Monaco at the Rolex Paris Masters on 11 November 2011 and Nadal defeated Thomaz Bellucci at the Rio Olympics on 12 August 2016.

OPEN ERA MATCH WINS LEADERS (SINCE APRIL 1968)

Player Career Match Wins (Winning %)
1) Jimmy Connors (USA) 1,256-279 (.818)
2) Roger Federer (SUI) 1,156-252 (.821)
3) Ivan Lendl (CZE/USA) 1,068-242 (.815)
4) Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 949-291 (.766)
5) Rafael Nadal (ESP) 903-187 (.828)
6) John McEnroe (USA) 881-198 (.816)
7) Andre Agassi (USA) 870-274 (.760)
Ilie Nastase (ROM) 846-317 (.728)
9) Stefan Edberg (SWE) 801-270 (.748)
10) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 800-171 (.824)
MATCH WINS RECORD ON 800TH VICTORY

Player Career Match Wins (Winning %)
Jimmy Connors (USA) 800-131 (.859)
Ivan Lendl (CZE/USA) 800-142 (.849)
John McEnroe (USA) 800-155 (.838)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) 800-168 (.826)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) 800-171 (.824)
Roger Federer (SUI) 800-186 (.811)
Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 800-191 (.807)
Ilie Nastase (ROM) 800-237 (.771)
Andre Agassi (USA) 800-248 (.763)
Stefan Edberg (SWE) 800-267 (.750)
The 31-year-old Djokovic took 479 days to move from 600 to 700 match wins — 2 November 2014 to 24 February 2016 — that included a 100-6 record (.943) and 15 titles from 18 finals, in a historic period of dominance at the top of the ATP Rankings.

While Djokovic’s third stint at No. 1 ended on 6 November 2016 (223 weeks in top spot overall), his route from 700 to 800 victories has taken 849 days. His record during this period of 100-25 (.800), with seven titles from 11 finals, has included a near six-month absence (174 days) due to a right elbow injury from 26 July 2017 to 16 January 2018.

Having undergone a small medication intervention on his elbow after the Australian Open this year, which resulted in a further 49-day absence from competitive play (22 January to 11 March 2018), Djokovic has naturally been slow to return to his best form as he continued to adjust to the demands of a remodelled service technique and a newly weighted racquet frame.

But Djokovic, reunited with his long-time coach, Marian Vajda, since April, in recent weeks, he has shown signs of improvement, advancing to the Internazionali BNL d’Italia semi-finals (l. to Nadal), the Roland Garros quarter-finals (l. to Cecchinato) and this week in London. The Serbian star has showcased hallmarks of his peak performance days en route to the final four in his first appearance at the event since 2010.

DJOKOVIC'S MATCH WIN MILESTONES

Match Win Tournament Opponent
1st 2004 Davis Cup vs Latvia* d. Janis Skroderis
100th 2007 Umag, 1R d. Pablo Andujar
200th 2009 Indian Wells, 2R d. Martin Vassallo Arguello
300th 2010 Cincinnati, 2R d. Viktor Troicki
400th 2012 Australian Open, SF d. Andy Murray
500th 2013 Roland Garros, 3R d. Grigor Dimitrov
600th 2014 Paris, F
d. Milos Raonic
700th 2016 Dubai, 2R
d. Malek Jaziri
800th 2018 London/Queen's Club, QF
d. Adrian Mannarino
*First ATP World Tour win came over Arnaud Clement at Bucharest in 2004

DJOKOVIC'S CAREER MATCH RECORD BY SURFACE

Surface Career Match Wins (Winning %)
Hard 511-98 (.839)
Clay 199-52 (.793)
Grass 80-17 (.824)
Carpet 10-4 (.714)

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[Lleyton]

[Damian]

Djokovic Reaches 1st Final In Nearly A Year At Queen's Club

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Serbian to play Cilic in his 99th tour-level championship match
Novak Djokovic might be playing at the Fever-Tree Championships for the first time since 2010, but he is certainly making an impact at The Queen’s Club.
Djokovic defeated Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 7-6(5), 6-4 on Saturday to reach his first championship match since last year’s Nature Valley International. He will meet top seed and 2012 champion Marin Cilic in his 99th tour-level final (68-30), as the 31-year-old attempts to lift a title for the 13th consecutive year.
The Serbian became the 10th player in the Open Era to join the 800-win club when he beat Adrian Mannarino on Friday. And now, he will compete for his first title at the historic London event, where he lost in the 2008 final against Rafael Nadal.

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Djokovic began his 2018 campaign 6-6, but has since won 12 of 14 matches. He is now 49-2 in tour-level meetings against French opponents, and he extends the lead in his FedEx ATP Head2Head series against Chardy to 11-0. The World No. 61 acquitted himself well on the grass, though, swinging freely in an attempt to dictate play on the quick surface.
But one attempt at a surprise cost him the first set. Chardy attempted to win a quick point at 1/1 in the tie-break, serving and sneaking into net, but the 31-year-old dumped a backhand volley in the bottom of the net. While the players traded mini-breaks later in the tie-break, the early advantage was all Djokovic needed to gain the lead.
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Chardy overcame his first two break points of the match, one each at 2-2 and 3-3 in the second set, with aggressive play. But at 4-4 15/40, Djokovic hit a forehand return on the full stretch, placing it too deep in the court for the Frenchman to handle, enabling him to serve out the match in straight sets.
Entering the match, Chardy had won 12 of his past 13 grass-court matches at all levels, including his first ATP World Tour championship match appearance since 2009 at the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The Frenchman held his first 40 service games of the tournament before Djokovic ended his streak.

Did You Know?
Novak Djokovic has now won all 26 of his FedEx ATP Head2Head sets against Chardy

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[arti]

Djokovic Celebrates Milestone Win, Moves Into Queen's Club SFs

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Serbian moves closer to fifth grass-court crown after 800th victory

Novak Djokovic became the 10th player in the Open Era (since 1968) to record 800 match wins on Friday, also earning a place in the semi-finals of the Fever-Tree Championships.
The Serbian wild card and 2008 runner-up worked his way back from an early setback and grew in confidence with his level of play to defeat Adrian Mannarino France 7-5, 6-1 in 79 minutes. It was his third straight grass-court win over Mannarino (also 2016-17 Wimbledon).

Djokovic will meet another Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy, last week's in-form Libema Open finalist (l. to Gasquet), on Saturday. Chardy defeated #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-4. Djokovic leads Chardy 10-0 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series.
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A backhand slice that lost Djokovic the third game was the very shot he got back on level terms with at 4-4, when he converted his sixth break point chance. Djokovic completed a run of four consecutive games from 2-4 down when Mannarino hit a forehand long to finish the 48-minute first set.
Djokovic stepped up in the fourth game of the second set when he dragged Mannarino, last year’s Turkish Airlines Open Antalya finalist (l. to Sugita), around the court to force a forehand groundstroke error. Djokovic, currently at No. 22 in the ATP Rankings, won 18 of his 24 service points in the second and is now 17-8 on the year.

Djokovic, competing at The Queen’s Club for the first time since 2010, finished as runner-up to Rafael Nadal in the 2008 final. In recent weeks, the 31-year-old has advanced to the semi-finals at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia (l. to Nadal) and the Roland Garros quarter-finals (l. to Cecchinato).
His opponent, Chardy is also in good form. The 31-year-old saved all nine break points he faced to advance past Tiafoe, the Delray Beach Open champion. Chardy has now won 12 of his past 13 matches at all levels, including a triumph at an ATP Challenger Tour event in Surbiton, Great Britain, two weeks ago. The Frenchman will have a chance to make his second ATP World Tour final in two weeks. Previously, he had not reached a tour-level championship match since 2009.

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Did You Know?
Novak Djokovic has won all 24 of his FedEx ATP Head2Head sets against his semi-final opponent, Jeremy Chardy.

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Queen's Club 2018 to pierwszy finał Novaka od blisko roku i 99. mecz o tytuł w zawodowej karierze (68-30).

Serb grał w tym turnieju w finale 10 lat temu i przegrał do Rafaela Nadala.