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World no.1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic suffered a 4-6, 6-2, 4-6 defeat by no.55 in the ATP rankings, Jiri Vesely, in his opening match at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters<\/a> tournament on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Czech clinched the biggest victory of his career in two hours and six minutes.<\/p>\n It is Novak’s second loss of the season and his earliest defeat on the ATP World Tour since losing in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open against Grigor Dimitrov in 2013.<\/p>\n Vesely broke serve in the ninth game for 5-4 and served out at 15 to clinch the first set. Novak bounced back by breaking twice in the second set to win it 6-2. The two traded breaks at the beginning of the deciding third set. Vesely broke once again and held his nerve till the end to progress into the third round.<\/p>\n “It’s not easy to lose the match in terms of accepting it right after exiting the court. But I have to congratulate my opponent,” <\/strong>Djokovic said. “I think he played very solid. He was serving very big. He was playing tactically good and aggressive. <\/strong>I didn’t feel that freshness the entire time, working hard, trying to do my best on a daily basis. There were just very few things I could take out from today’s match as a positive. I was playing really, really bad.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Match statistics<\/u>: aces (3-4), double faults (3-4), winners (26-21), unforced errors (34-31).<\/p>\n