Late at night on May 12, Beijing time, the third round of the men's singles of the ATP1000 Rome Masters staged a key battle, and the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was in no state, losing 2-6 and 3-6 to the No. 29 seed Chilean player Tabilo, who was swept out in two sets, causing a big upset and missing the round of 16.
After the end of the second round before, Djokovic's head was smashed by a water cup, and this game was quickly lost, is the sequelae of the headshot "immediate"?
In the first set of the match, Djokovic served, and the result was faced with 3 break points such as 0-40, but fortunately, Djokovic used two aces to defuse and hit a winning point to equalize the score, but then sent a mistake and a double fault, and the double fault on the break point was fatal, and he was directly broken.
It can be seen that Deyo's current serve is very unstable, high and low, sometimes good and sometimes bad.
In the third game, Tabilo successfully broke serve again, breaking the tie and taking a huge 4-0 lead after four games, which is extremely rare in Deyo's previous matches. After that, Deyo, who has always been good at "revenge breaks", also lost this housekeeping ability, and could not complete the break in the opponent's service game, so he could only sigh and quickly lose 2-6.
In the second set, it was Deyo's serve, but his form did not improve, and he made consecutive double faults in the first service game, and the result was quickly broken. Tabilo broke back-to-back tiebreakers to take a 3-1 lead. Why didn't Djokovic's serve work? The power outage at the speed of light may really have something to do with being shot in the head by a water cup.
Although Djokovic managed to hold serve in the next service game, he was unable to break back, and we must admit that Tabilo played really well.
Eight games later, Tabilo led 5-3. In the ninth game, Djokovic had to defend his serve, but at 30-30, he made another mistake and then double-faulted to bury his dream of reaching the round of 16.
This is not the real Deyo, by no means.
Djokovic's current situation is a physical problem, but after resting for so long and having just played one game before, it is impossible to have a physical problem. The technique is still top-notch, and the only reasonable explanation is that he was shot in the head by a water cup after the second round.
This point was expressed in the post-match press conference, Djokovic also expressed doubts, and did not rule out the sequelae of being shot in the water cup. He said his coordination had deteriorated, he had no touch and couldn't play the tennis he wanted.
Deyo also said that he would go for a medical examination to check what was wrong. Unfortunately, with Nadal swept by Hurkacz in two sets, Djokovic is now also swept out of the tournament by his opponent. The era of the Big Three has really come to an end. There is another reason, that is, Djokovic is good at killing, and he doesn't know about new faces, so the loss to Tabillo, who is playing against him for the first time, is also a factor. In any case, Djokovic is gradually losing his competitiveness, and the era of the Big Three is gradually fading. [Text/Fighting Jianghu]