The top-seeded Serb advanced past the Argentine 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to move to 12-4 in their ATP Head2Head series.<\/strong><\/p>\nNovak was broken four times, but converted five of his seven break-point opportunities during the two hours, 38-minute clash.<\/p>\n
Djokovic fought back from a break deficit in the deciding third set to seal his ninth win of the season, the 760th victory of his career (760-156 record).<\/p>\n
“Every match that I\u2019ve played against Delpo in the past couple of years has been very close, really enjoyable to play and great for the crowd to watch,\u201d<\/strong> said Novak. \u201cI am very happy and proud to win this match, even though I was close to losing when he was serving at 4-3 up in the third set. I just tried to get as many returns back in play as possible… It was very, very close with one or two points deciding the winner. I cannot believe that the stadium was full at 1 a.m., so I want to thank all the people who came to watch us and support tennis.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\nMatch statistics<\/u>: aces (7-3), double faults (1-3), winners (34-36), unforced errors (23-18), total points won (92-86).<\/p>\n
For a place in the ATP World Tour 500 event semi-finals, Novak goes on to face no.6 seed Nick Kyrgios. <\/strong>The Australian beat Donald Young 6-2, 6-4.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nIt will be the first career encounter between Djokovic and the 21-year-old Canberra native.<\/p>\n
The match is scheduled on Thursday at 22:00 local time (Friday at 05:00 CET).<\/p>\n
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