Djokovic beats Devvarman to play Haas in 4th round.

Tough conditions for Nole that managed to get to the 4th round taking advantage of his mental strengths.

It took 68 minutes for the Serb to defeat Somdev Devvarman from India. Nole didn’t drop a service game to break his opponent 3 times. Djokovic was particularly effective in his 1st serve points to win 28 out of 31.

From Nole

“It was very difficult to kind of get into a rhythm because you couldn’t really serve at 100 % and you had to go more for precision and put twice as much effort into the step adjustments because of the windy conditions,” commented the world no.1. “All in all, I’m just happy to get through the rough day.”

 

Next vs. Haas

Nole will play veteran Tommy Haas in the 4th round to comment “He’s very talented and he’s probably one of the most experienced active players in the world now,” Djokovic said. “He can play equally well on any surface. Today with windy conditions, I watched his match. He played terrific and so, you can always expect Tommy to fight and try his best.”

Head to head is 5-2 for Nole, 4-0 on hard courts.

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