On another match today, Casper Ruud reached the third round defeating Tomas Martin Etcheverry in a 4 set contest. No 6 Andrey Rublev was defeated by No 35 Matteo Arnaldi while Daniil Medvedev is into the third round. Jannik Sinner had a straight set win against P Kotov to reach the round of 16.
Zverev dropped his first set and took it in five sets, so an early scare for the number 4.
Cerundolo taking out Paul who is number 14 out of the tournament.
Djokovic is just finishing his fourth set so it is even at two all. But it didn't look so good an hour ago and his odds were very high for the top player in the ATP tour.
Many were saying on the sportschat that I was on that Novak was dead and it was over.
But being the number 1 in the world he has been here many times, so knows how to comeback from the dead as he has several times before.
I think possibly the 5 set matches suit him more now, we have seen on numerous
occasions that he can drop the first 2 sets and still win the match. But things are different
now, more of the top 10 players can beat him.
And Zverev OMG I really thought he was a gonner, Griekspoor did well but didnt
have the experience to finish it in the 5th set perhaps.
I think there are a few players who will be in his way TBH, on his side of the draw
its Ruud, Zverev and Medvedev, on the other its Sinner, Alcaraz.