11. 06. 2009. ·
The best Serbian tennis player made one of the greatest comebacks in his career and clinched an important victory in the second round in Halle.
Novak was 5-7 2-5 0-40 down against world no.56 Florent Serra, and one step from elimination, but he saved five match points and made a great comeback to beat the Frenchman 5-7 7-5 6-1.
The match lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. Serra used his third set point to break Novak’s service in the 12th game of the first set and won it 7-5.
The Frenchman was a break up in the second set. He was leading 5-2 and 40-0 on Djokovic’s service, but Nole managed to get out of the deep trouble. He won seven games in a row to take the set 7-5.
After regaining control world no.4 started playing really well and dropped only one game in the third set, breaking his opponent’s service twice for 6-1.
Novak faces Jurgen Melzer in the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open. German Nicolas Kiefer retired after the Austrian player won the first set 6-1.
