- Serbian suffers shock 6-4, 6-4 loss in United Cup
- Djokovic hampered by wrist problem as Australia take 1-0 lead
Novak Djokovic slumped to his first defeat of the season and first in Australia for six years with a stunning 6-4, 6-4 loss to Alex de Minaur who gave Australia a 1-0 lead over Serbia in their United Cup quarter-final on Wednesday.
Djokovic was hampered by a right wrist problem in Serbia’s victory over Czech Republic on Tuesday and the world No 1 had it worked on again by a trainer before De Minaur earned a late break and went on to clinch the opening set. The Australian Open champion dropped serve yet again to hand De Minaur a 4-3 advantage in the second set and saved three match points later, but was unable to prevent the shock loss before the year’s first grand slam this month.
Written by Reuters
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/jan/03/novak-djokovic-crashes-to-straight-sets-defeat-by-alex-de-minaur-in-united-cup under the title “Alex de Minaur ends Novak Djokovic’s 43-match winning run in Australia”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
