ATP Doha - Thursday Schedule: Novak Djokovic faces Basilashvili
Novak Djokovic will face Nikoloz Basilashvili for the second time in his career on Thursday. The Serbian player leads head to head meetings 1-0, they already faced each other at the Monte Carlo Masters with Novak prevailing in straight sets, 6-4 6-2. Djokovic did not deliver his best tennis against Marton Fucsovics but he still won in three sets. 'Long matches today, both singles and doubles, and I spent quite a bit of time on the court but I'm happy I managed to get two wins', said Djokovic. 'He was a better player for two sets and no doubt I managed to break his resistance, I would say, towards the end of the second set. And I got lucky obviously in the set point which to have that challenge on my side and that has kind of been a turning point in the third set. I just think he dropped his level a little bit and I managed to get on top of him. Considering conditions that are quite slow and the balls are getting quite fluffy and big, I was - I knew his qualities and especially in the slower conditions, so I did expect that it was going to be a match with a lot of rallies and very physical and that has proven to be the case.'
Tomas Berdych faces Pierre-Hugues Herbert for the first time in career, as well as Marco Cecchinato against Dusan Lajovic. The Italian player took advantage of Guido Pella's retirement on Wednesday, Cecchinato is coming from the best season in his career.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2s8Y64Q
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