The first racket of the world Novak Djokovic his quest for Olympic gold completed already after the first round.
In the opening round, the Serb had to take a difficult exam – the lot against Djokovic chose the former fourth ranked Juan Martin Del Potro. How can you not remember what Del Potro in 2012, beat Djokovic in the match for third place.
Although Del Potro is far from his former condition, it was obvious that the Argentine, which was held at Wimbledon, Stan Wawrinka, at least give fight to Djokovic.
The starting game of the match to confirm the expectations – Djokovic had great difficulty in defending his serve, won back three break points. Del Potro confident of defending his serve and the tiebreak was avoided mistakes and made the first step to sensation.
In the second game is still the break points occurred only on the filing of Djokovic. Del Potro easily got to the tiebreak, he led 5:0 and coolly smashed the Olympic hopes of Djokovic.
“Without a doubt, this is one of the worst defeats in my life and career. It is not easy to handle. Especially now, while fresh wounds. Anyway, this is not the first and not the last time I lose a tennis match. Although I understand that the Olympic games are completely different,” – said after the match defeated the leader of world tennis.
Other favorites men’s singles (Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, kei nishikori and David Ferrer) without any problems, reaching the second round.
