{"id":963,"date":"2017-06-08T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=963"},"modified":"2017-06-08T11:58:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:58:08","slug":"novak-djokovic-lacked-fight-during-french-open-qf-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/novak-djokovic-lacked-fight-during-french-open-qf-defeat","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic Lacked Fight During French Open QF Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Novak Djokovic<\/a>, the former world number tennis player in the world was expected to make the semi-finals and set up an exciting clash with Rafael Nadal who has been in spectacular form on clay. <\/p>\n

Djokovic was playing Dominic Thiem<\/strong> in the quarter-finals and went in as the favorite since the two had player five times before and Djokovic won all five of those matches convincingly.<\/p>\n

The first set was a hard fought battle which led to a tie breaker that the 23 year old Austrian managed to win 7-6 (7\/5)<\/strong>. The second set Dominic Thiem<\/a> raised his game and it appeared that Djokovic did not have much to offer, which allowed Thiem to take it 6-3<\/strong>. However it was the third set that surprise fans all over the world as Djokovic appeared to have given up well in advance and meekly surrendered with a 6-0<\/strong> final set.<\/p>\n

This was the first time in 12 years that the 30 year old Djokovic has lost a set at 6-0 in a grand slam. The quarter-final loss also means that Djokovic for the first time in six years is not amongst the top two ranked players in the world. Former player and commentator John McEnroe<\/strong> found Djokovic\u2019s performance bewildering saying that it was hard for him to believe what he was watching as there was no fight in Djokovic who was playing a quarter-final grand slam match.<\/p>\n

Sports Illustrated <\/strong><\/p>\n