{"id":66944,"date":"2015-03-06T14:59:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T13:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=66944"},"modified":"2015-03-07T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T13:16:47","slug":"novak-beats-delic-to-put-serbia-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-beats-delic-to-put-serbia-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup: Serbia in control in Kraljevo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki both won on the opening day at Kraljevo Sports Centre to give Serbia a 2-0 lead over Croatia going into Saturday’s doubles.<\/p>\n

The world no.1 beat Mate Delic (158) in straight sets to put hosts Serbia ahead in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas<\/a> World Group first round tie.<\/p>\n

Nole produced a sublime performance to record a routine 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win.
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The 27-year-old Belgrade native broke four times from six opportunities and didn’t face a single break point during the one hour, 29-minute encounter.<\/p>\n

Djokovic won 93% of his first service points and was 5\/6 on net approaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very much aware of my young opponent\u2019s quality. He does have a lot of potential to be very good in the future,\u201d<\/strong> Novak said. \u201cI am happy with my overall performance. I took my break point opportunities very well and on the other hand I served confidently and didn\u2019t face any break points at all. I enjoyed the atmosphere very much as I played for the first time in Kraljevo and this region in general. It was a full house and overall a very positive emotion.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Match statistics<\/span>: aces (6-5), double faults (2-0), winners (34-19), unforced errors (19-15), total points won (87-56).<\/p>\n

In the second match, Viktor Troicki (41) came back from two sets and a break down to defeat Borna Coric (61) 4-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Saturday doubles is scheduled at 14:00 CET. If Nenad Zimonjic and Novak win the third point against Franko Skugor and Marin Draganja, Serbia will reach quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

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

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