1 Response to olymp12delpotro_djokovic

1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 17, 2024 at 7:26 pm

   Points won by each set: | 36-37, 33-27 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   33 % Del Potro – 24 of 72
   39 % Djokovic – 24 of 61

   [2] Djokovic had a solid foundation to believe he’d win the gold medal at the Olympics 2012. His opposition before the semifinal at Wimbledon was difficult, yet he overcame three very good opponents (Roddick, Hewitt, Tsonga) convincingly, and then strange thing happened – he didn’t get any medal… He played four balanced sets in his last two matches (Murray, Del Potro), but lost them all being unable to break his opponents despite 10 break points created in 7 games! The match against the exhausted Del Potro [9] (titanic semifinal loss to Federer) he began winning the first 19 points on serve; later on he was leading 5:4* (30/15) when a crying baby distracted him, causing several minutes of reduced game quality. More about that bronze medal match here.

   [ARG] Del Potro’s route to the Bronze medal:
   1 Ivan Dodig [CRO] 6-4, 6-1
   2 Andreas Seppi [ITA] 6-3, 7-6(2)
   3 Gilles Simon [FRA] 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
   Q Kei Nishikori [JPN] 6-4, 7-6(4)
   S Roger Federer [SUI] 6-3, 6-7(5), 17-19
   3 Novak Djokovic [SRB] 7-5, 6-4

   Serve & volley: Del Potro 0, Djokovic 0/1

   Log in to Reply