Four days after successful his record-breaking seventh ATP Finals crown, Novak Djokovic was again on court docket on the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain on Thursday, and he stored the milestones coming, beating Cam Norrie, 6-4, 6-4, for the 40th Davis Cup singles win of his profession.
“Cameron Norrie is a good participant and he battled laborious on the market,” Djokovic stated afterwards in his on-court interview. “I haven’t performed too many left-handers recently, so it’s nice to complete off the job.
“Taking part in on your nation is at all times the best stress and motivation. After a protracted season, we are able to really feel it within the legs.”
Much more impressively, it was the world No. 1’s 21st Davis Cup singles win in a row – it’s the fifth-longest singles successful streak in Davis Cup historical past, and he’s closing in quick on the fourth-longest.
LONGEST DAVIS CUP WINNING STREAKS (singles, all-time):
36: Marcos Baghdatis
33: Bjorn Borg
29: Rafael Nadal
22: Boris Becker
21: Novak Djokovic
Djokovic’s final singles loss in Davis Cup got here on September 18th, 2011 – over 12 years in the past, or 4,449 days in the past, to be precise – through the 2011 semifinal tie between Serbia and Argentina, when he needed to retire in opposition to Juan Martin del Potro resulting from a again harm.
And there’s one other streak going, too.
Together with his straight-set victory over Norrie, Djokovic has now received his final 24 units in a row in Davis Cup singles. The final set he misplaced got here to Daniil Medvedev on February third, 2017 – or 2,484 days in the past – when he dropped the primary set however then constructed a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 1-Zero lead earlier than Medvedev needed to retire from the match resulting from cramping.
With Miomir Kecmanovic successful the primary singles rubber of the tie in opposition to Jack Draper in two tie-breaks, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6), Djokovic’s victory clinched Serbia’s quarterfinal victory over Nice Britain.
The doubles rubber, which was to pit Djokovic and Dusan Lajovic in opposition to Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, wasn’t performed.
Serbia, the 2010 Davis Cup champions, have now reached the semifinals of the Davis Cup Finals twice within the final three years, additionally reaching the ultimate 4 in 2021 earlier than falling to Croatia.
Djokovic has now held his final 34 service video games in a row
Djokovic stored quite a lot of streaks going together with his 6-4, 6-Four victory over Norrie on the Davis Cup Finals on Thursday – he’s now received his final 21 matches and his final 24 units in a row in singles play on the worldwide staff occasion.
However there’s one other streak he’s been serving up.
By holding all 10 of his service video games in opposition to Norrie, Djokovic has now held his final 34 – sure, 34 – service video games in a row.
The final time anybody broke the Djokovic serve got here within the spherical robin of the ATP Finals, when Hubert Hurkacz broke him within the fifth recreation of the second set for a 3-2 lead. Djokovic received his final six service video games of that match and finally prevailed, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1, and hasn’t been damaged since.
DJOKOVIC’S 34-GAME SERVICE STREAK:
* received final 6 service video games vs. Hurkacz in ATP Finals RR
* received all 9 service video games vs. Alcaraz in ATP Finals SFs
* received all 9 service video games vs. Sinner in ATP Finals F
* received all 10 service video games vs. Norrie in Davis Cup Finals QFs
And it will get even scarier – solely 5 of these 34 service video games went to deuce, three in opposition to Alcaraz and two in opposition to Sinner.
The 29 different holds embrace 5 at 30, 13 at 15 and 11 at love.
He’s saved a complete of six break factors in these 34 service video games, 4 in opposition to Alcaraz and two in opposition to Sinner. –Tennis.com