On April 23, Beijing time, the semi-final of the ATP250 Serbia Open began to compete, and the top seed Djokovic played in the tournament, and his opponent was Russia's Khachanov, who was ranked 26th in the world. The two sides have met each other six times before, with Djokovic having the upper hand with 5 wins and 1 loss. In today's match, the two sides fought fiercely in three sets, and Djokovic reversed it with the first set to eliminate the opponent 2-1 and successfully reached the final of the tournament.
The first set of Djokovic started slowly and hotly, and as soon as he came up, he was broken by his opponent, and Khachanov took a 2-0 lead after saving the serve. In the 3rd set, Djokovic defused the break point to save the set. In the 10th set, Khachanov won the set, Djokov missed a key break point opportunity, And Khachanov saved the break point to save the first set 6-4.
In the first three sets of the second set, both sides saved the serve, and in the fourth set, Djokovic took the lead to take a 3-1 lead. In the 6th set, Djokovic broke again, leading the opponent 5-1 to win the set. In the 7th set, Djokovic managed to save the game and won the second set 6-1.
Djokovic completed the break as soon as he came up in the decider, and then he held the serve to take a 2-0 lead. Djokovic broke again in the 5th set, followed by a successful Djokovic serve in the 6th set to take a 5-1 lead. In the 8th set, Djokovic managed to save the game and won the decider 6-2.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 58 minutes, the top seed Djokovic Djokovic defeated the 3rd seed Khachanov 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the final. In the final, Djokovic will be on the run for his 87th tour title, where he faces the winner between Fognini and Rublev.