Men's Tennis World No. 1 Djokovic suffers 'shock loss' to 21-year-old rookie Nardi

Eliminated in the 3rd round of the ATP Tour BNP Paribas Open

Novak Djokovic (Serbia), the world's No. 1 men's tennis singles player, suffered a shock loss to a 21-year-old rookie.

Djokovic defeated Luca Nardi (123rd, Italy) 1-2 (4-6 6-3 3) in the third round of the singles at the ATP Tour BNP Paribas Open held in Indian Wells, California, USA on the 12th (Korean time). We lost by -6).

The BNP Paribas Open is an ATP 1000 series tournament. The ATP 1000 series is the next level after the four major tournaments and is held nine times a year.

Djokovic, who won the Western & Southern Open in August last year and the Paris Masters in October, ended his 11-game winning streak in the ATP 1000 Series with this loss.

It has been six years since Djokovic lost to a player outside the top 50 in the world rankings, since he lost to Daniel Taro (Japan), who was ranked 109th at the time, in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in March 2018.

Djokovic, who lost to Jannik Sinner (3rd place) in the Australian Open semifinals in January of this year, allowed another blow to the Italian rookie.

Nardi, who defeated Djokovic, has yet to win a tour tournament and his personal best world ranking is only 106th. Nardi, born in 2003, passed the preliminary round of this competition. He lost to David Goffin (11th place, Belgium) 1-2 (6-7 <4-7> 7-5 4-6) in the second round of the preliminary round, but as a player withdrew among the finalists, he qualified as a 'lucky loser'. I entered the final stage. Nardi, who passed the first round by default, defeated Zhang Zhi (50th place, China) 2-1 (6-3 3-6 6-3) in the second round, and suffered a major accident by catching Djokovic in the third round. Nardi, who has always considered Djokovic as his idol, looked in disbelief after the match and covered his face with both hands. “This victory is a miracle,” Nardi said. I am only 21 years old, and I am ranked in the top 100 in the world. “So beating Djokovic was crazy,” he said. “No one probably knew me before tonight. “I hope the crowd enjoyed the game, and I’m so happy that we won,” he said. Meanwhile, Nardi will face Tommy Paul (17th, USA) in the round of 16.

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