{"id":53475,"date":"2013-11-17T17:20:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T16:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=53475"},"modified":"2013-11-17T22:51:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T21:51:05","slug":"fantastic-nole-downs-berdych-serbia-czech-republic-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/fantastic-nole-downs-berdych-serbia-czech-republic-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Nole downs Berdych to level tie, Lajovic vs Stepanek decide!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53471\" alt=\"Sjajni Novak doneo Srbiji izjedna\u010denje, Lajovi\u0107 i \u0160tepanek odlu\u010duju kome ide Salatara\" src=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dc_finale2013_13.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dc_finale2013_13.jpg 590w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dc_finale2013_13-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dc_finale2013_13-267x177.jpg 267w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dc_finale2013_13-264x176.jpg 264w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dc_finale2013_13-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>World no.2 Novak Djokovic brought the second point to Serbia with a 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Tomas Berdych to level the score against the Czech Republic in their final <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daviscup.com\/en\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Davis Cup by BNP Paribas<\/a> tie in Belgrade Kombank Arena.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match lasted two hours and 42 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>After not being able to convert break point chances in the fourth and eighth games, Novak finally made it in the 10th, breaking Berdych\u2019s resistance to take the opening set 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>The second set was another tight affair. Nole won a tie-breaker 7-5 to move Serbia into a two-sets-to-love lead.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Belgrade native raced through the third set with a double break. He closed it out with an ace\u00a0drawing a standing ovation\u00a0from the home crowd.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v7Ay-BXk5Xg\" height=\"332\" width=\"590\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Match statistics<\/span>: aces (12-10), double faults (1-0), winners (29-39), unforced errors (7-9), total points won (104-87).<\/p>\n<p><strong>World no.117 Dusan Lajovic will take on Radek Stepanek in a deciding fifth rubber.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak keeps the 2010 champion&#8217;s hopes of a second Davis Cup crown alive with a 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 victory over Tomas Berdych.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":53483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101011316,101011314,101012423,101010437,101012262],"class_list":["post-53475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-belgrade-arena-en","tag-czech-republic-en","tag-davis-cup-2013-en","tag-final-en","tag-serbia-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53475"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53520,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53475\/revisions\/53520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}