Novak Djokovic takes to the court in his first round match against Robby Ginepri.
The world number three, Novak Djokovic, has the weight of his country on his shoulders at these Beijing Olympics. The world number three has stated that he is expected to medal for Serbia, especially since his emphatic defeat of Rafael Nadal just one week ago in the semifinals of Cincinnati. Djokovic went on to lose in two tiebreakers to Brit Andy Murray in the final.
Djokovic has had his best year yet in 2008, the pinnacle of which was winning his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open back in January. Since that time, he added two Masters titles to his collection(Indian Wells and Rome) and he also made the semifinals at the French Open, where he lost for the third year in a row to Rafael Nadal. Wimbledon would turn out to be his biggest disappointment of the season so far. He lost in the second round to Russian veteran Marat Safin.
The Serb’s opponent is the American hard courter, Robby Ginepri. Ginepri has had inconsistent results in 2008. He had a great start to the year, reaching three semifinals in a row in Delray Beach, San Jose and Las Vegas. Since then, his single good result came at the French Open, where he managed to work his way to the round of 16. Two weeks ago in Cincinnati, Ginepri served for the match against Roger Federer in the second round, but lost serve, and went on to lose the the third set at love.
Djokovic has never lost a set to Ginepri in three meetings. Monday should be no different – Djokovic in straight sets.
source: tennistalk.com
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