{"id":168162,"date":"2024-10-11T15:33:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T13:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=168162"},"modified":"2024-10-11T23:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T21:17:45","slug":"novak-passes-tough-test-from-mensik-to-move-into-shanghai-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-passes-tough-test-from-mensik-to-move-into-shanghai-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak passes tough test from Mensik to move to Shanghai semis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nole is just two wins from his 100th career title.<\/p>\n

Fourth seed Novak Djokovic rallied from a set down to defeat Jakub Mensik 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 in Shanghai on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The four-time champion sealed the win in two hours and 19 minutes to reach his 78th ATP Masters 1000 semi-final.<\/p>\n

Novak advanced to the last four at the Rolex Shanghai Masters<\/a> for a ninth time.<\/p>\n

With the triumph, the Serbian star improved to 36-8 on the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went toe-to-toe until the last moment,\u201d<\/strong> said Djokovic. \u201cI was fortunate to find great serves in the last game, a couple of aces, that helps. I didn\u2019t serve that well at the end of the first set when I was serving for it. He managed to turn things around by playing a good tie-break. I stayed collected and started off very well in the second set, I felt that we both had a physical crisis at the beginning of the set. We pushed each other a lot, a lot of long rallies. It was a tough battle, almost two and a half hours.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Match statistics: aces (7-17), double faults (1-6), winners (17-21), unforced errors (13-32), total points won (103-88).<\/p>\n

Novak will next face seventh seed Taylor Fritz, who claimed a dominant 6-3, 6-4 victory against David Goffin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo: Profimedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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