David Goffin clinches victory against Legendary and star player Rafael Nadal on Friday in Sydney to Keep Belgium going in their quarterfinals at the inaugural ATP Cup team event
David Goffin who currently ranks 11 in the world, emerged out to among the few players who could handle Rafael Nadal tricky spins. Which he played beautifully on both while returning the service as well as on the baseline with a score of 6-4 7-6 (3) victory keeping Belgium alive in the contest.
During the day session, Novak Djokovic fought against some of the trickiest challenges from Canadian star Denis Shapovalov to ignite his country into the semi-finals with a 4-6 6-1 7-6 (4) victory. It was Djokovic’s fifth victory over the 20-year-old Canadian which was the toughest so far.
“They were so loud, they were engaged, sometimes a little bit too much,” said Djokovic.
“It was a Davis Cup-like atmosphere,” he said, referring to the traditional men’s team tennis event to which the ATP Cup is being compared.
Djokovic lost the first set against the Canadian Daniil Medvedev and struggled very early in the second half as soon as the game turned out to be aggressive. Followed by a tie-break after few third-set scenes
With all the heavy drama, Serbia joins Australia and Russia in qualifying for the semi-finals.