In the second semifinal of the men's singles of the Paris Olympics that ended in the early morning of August 3, Beijing time, Serbia's Djokovic swept Italy's Musetti 2-0 in straight sets, and Deyo, who has played five Olympic games in his career, finally reached the Olympic men's singles final for the first time, with two sets of scores 6-4 and 6-2.
【World Ranking】
Djokovic, who is currently ranked No. 2 in the world, has also become the top seed in the men's singles at the Olympics due to the withdrawal of world No. 1 Sinner. Musetti, on the other hand, is ranked 16th in the world and is seeded 11th in the men's singles at this Olympics.
【Confrontation Situation】
Djokovic has won 6-1 in 7 previous meetings with Musetti, and has won 3 in a row. The last two meetings were at this year's French Open and Wimbledon, with the Germans winning 3-2 and 3-0 respectively.
【Contest Review】
In the first set, both sides held serve in the first 9 games, and Deyo, who served first, led 5-4. After saving a break point in the third game, Djokovic forced four break points in the fourth game, but all of them were saved by Musetti. In the crucial 10th game, Deyo won five consecutive points to break from Musetti's service game down 0-40 to win the first set 6-4.
In the second set, the two sides broke each other's serve twice and tied 2-2. After that, Djokovic suddenly made a strong effort, broke the belt and won four games in a row, and finally won the second set 6-4, thus eliminating Musetti 2-0 and reaching the Olympic men's singles final for the first time in his career.
【Finalists】
After reaching the final, Djokovic will once again face Spain talent Alcaraz. Previously, the two sides had won three of their six meetings. Among them, Alcaraz has won two Grand Slam finals, last year and this year's Wimbledon finals. Djokovic, on the other hand, defeated Alcaraz 3-1 in the semi-finals of last year's French Open and won the title.