On the evening of April 24, Beijing time, the final of the ATP250 Serbia Open was contested against the top seed Djokovic djokovic and the no. 2 seed Rublev. The two sides had their only meeting in last year's year-end finals, when Djokovic beat their opponents in straight sets. Today's match Lubrev was even better, he beat Djokovic in three sets to win the race.
In the first set, Rublev saved the break point in the 4th set, and in the 5th set, Rublev scored four consecutive runs to break the Djokovic serve. Djokovic lost again in the 7th set, and then Rublev managed to save and win the first set 6-2.
Djokovic opened the second set with a 2-0 lead with a back-to-back break, and Rublev completed the break in the third set before saving the game to tie 2-2. In the 10th set, Djokovic missed two set opportunities, and in the 12th set Djoyo missed three set-end points in a set where the opponent had no way out, and the game went into the seventh. Deyo cashed in on the seventh set of the entire game and won the second set 7-4.
In the decider, Rublev saved two consecutive break points in the first set to save his serve, and in the second set Rublev broke to take a 2-0 lead. In the 4th set, Rublev again broke and then managed to hold the lead 5-0. Djokovic lost again in the 6th set, and Rublev broke and then gave up the tiebreaker 6-0.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 27 minutes, the no. 2 seed Rublev defeated the top seed Djokovic Djokovic 6-2, 6-7 (4)/6-0 to win the race. It was Rublev's third title this season and the 12th of his career. Djokovic regrettably missed his first title of the season and will rest for a week before playing at the Madrid Masters.