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Djokovic flies against Musetti with Serena Williams and Delpo in the stands

The Serbian will be measured in rooms against Korda

March 26, 2025

When Novak Djokovic raises the rod of his level and puts on the court all his repertoire, there is little to do for those who are on the other side of the network.

The six-time Miami Open champion presented by Itau returned to the quarterfinals with a 6-2 and 6-2 victory against Lorenzo Musetti, Tuesday night. The 37 -year -old tennis player, who is located three victories from his title No. 100 in the circuit, offered a recital with two illustrious in the stands, Serena Williams and Juan Martín del Potro, who was in the Palco del Serbio.

“I was amazed. It was incredible to see Delpo first, obviously an old friend and rival, so happy to have him close and receive his support from the box. It was incredible, it was the first time Delpo was in my box, so I want to thank him for coming,” said Djokovic in his interview on the track. “And Serena, it was a surprise. I didn’t know.”

“Actually, when I had that parallel passing Shot, I pointed it out and asked if it was fine. She told me: ‘Yes, it was fine.’ If Serena says it was fine, then it was incredible for others. So yes, great to have them,” said the Serbian with a smile.

After starting the game by giving his serve, Djokovic did not look back and the 40 -time Masters 1000 winner signed nine consecutive games to turn a disadvantage into an overwhelming victory, finally sealing his pass to the rooms after an hour and 23 minutes and an unparalleled win.

“The game has started very well. In the first two games I started a little slow and then I knew that if I gave him time, he was going to make his shots,” said Djokovic. “He loves running with his reverse and hitting right. But he has so much talent that he can execute any blow to any surface,” Djokovic said on the always colorful Musetti.

The Serbian displayed a solid game like a rock in the Hard Rock Stadium, achieving 12 break points and turning five of them, according to Infosys ATP Stats. In fact, Musetti raised her arms to celebrate that Djokovic stopped with her streak of nine consecutive games, but it was not enough to change the party’s tonic. The winner now leads the Lexus ATP Head2head series 8-1.

Meanwhile, the next rival of Ex No. 1 of the PIF ATP Ranking will be the American Sebastian Korda, who got rid of Gael Monfils 6-4, 2-6 and 6-4 on this day. In his only previous confrontation, two years ago in the Adelaida final, Djokovic saved a point of the championship on the way to the title.

For its part, one day after Alex de Miñaur imposed himself in an exciting game to three sets to the sensation of the #NextGenatp Joao Fonseca, the Australian could not advance in a tight encounter against Matteo Berrettini, who defeated the 10th series head 6-3 and 7-6 (7).

The end of the second set was a roller mountain of rhythm changes. After failing with the serve in 6-5-a game in which he had three match balls-Berrettini was about to need a decisive set. De Miñaur was unable to convert one of the three consecutive set points since 6-3 into the Tie-Break, which allowed Italian to leave victorious after two hours and a minute.

Did you know that …?
This is the first appearance of Djokovic in Miami since 2019. He had not advanced to the quarterfinals since he won the title in Crandon Park in 2016.