You are browsing the - website
Go to main contentGo to footerNavigation help Start of main content
commentsAccess the Comments section
Open in full screen mode
Reilly Opelka knocked out Novak Djokovic in two sets at the Brisbane tournament.
Photo : AFP / WILLIAM WEST
Published at 8:10 a.m. EST
Novak Djokovic, seventh player in the world, was unceremoniously knocked out 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 Friday by the American Reilly Opelka, ranked only 293rd, in the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Brisbane, a defeat of bad omen for the Serbian before the Australian Open.
The 2.11 m American gave the Serbian no chance, notably hitting 16 aces and multiplying unstoppable shots.
Djokovic, former world number 1 who is coming out of a 2024 season without a grand slam title – a first since 2017 – wants to try to win a 25th grand slam title in Melbourne, his favorite major tournament which he has won ten times, from January 12.
Sports Newsletter
Analysis, reviews and much more! Follow sports news beyond the results.
