ATP Belgrade: Mats Moraing fights duel with Novak Djokovic
Mats Moraing won a match at the ATP level for the first time at the ATP 250 tournament in Belgrade.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: May 24, 2021, 03:48 pm
Moraing, number 253 in the ATP ranking, had only made it into the main draw as a lucky loser, in round 1 he won against Egor Gerasimov on Monday afternoon after almost three hours of play with 4: 6, 7: 6 (7) and 7: 5.
The 28-year-old had his back to the wall several times: First he turned a 4: 6 and 0: 4 deficit, in the tie-break of the second set he fended off a match point. In the third round, Gerasimov hit the match at 5: 4, but Moraing equalized again. In the end, he got another break to zero for the biggest win.
Now it's against none other than world number one Novak Djokovic , who has a home game in Belgrade and wants to get the finishing touches there before the French Open.