WINNER IN MONTE CARLO

Novak Djokovic has defeated Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Djokovic won the match by 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Djokovic was feeling the heat in the first set. He was not looking comfortable at all. His service was broken twice consecutively and he was trailing by 0-4 at one point of time in the first set. He decreased the lead to 5-3 with a serve break in the 8^th game, but, eventually, he couldn’t prevent Youzhny from winning the set. The Russian player served out the 10^th game and sealed the set by 6-4.

In the second set, Djokovic looked more determined. He won his first couple of service games before sneaking a breakthrough in the 4^th game which gave him a 3-1 lead. The Serbian superstar broke again in the 6^th game and then, by holding his serve in the 7^th game, he won the set by 6-1.

In the decider, Djokovic again had a blazing start. He broke Youzhny’s serve in the very first game of the set. However, his advantage didn’t last long as Youzhny broke back in the 6^th game and the scores got equalized at 3-3.

The next couple of games went with the serve. Youzhny dropped his serve for the second time in the set in the 9^th game which gave Djokovic the chance to finish off the match by serving out the next game. He did that with ease and won the match.

In the post match interview, Djokovic said, “I was playing on the clay court after a while and I found it hard to adjust at the start. The rhythm was not there. But, thankfully, it ended well.”

In the third round, Djokovic will play against Juan Monaco of Argentina.