- The Italian wrapped up with 34 champs and 19 natural blunders, while Djokovic had 17 victors and nine natural mistakes.
- Nardi just arrived at the principal attraction Indian Wells after a withdrawal.
- He will next confront American Tommy Paul.
Rarely would you have an opportunity to contend with your experience growing up symbolically and even beat him. For Luca Nardi, it was an “insane supernatural occurrence” that he crushed Novak Djokovic on Walk 11.
The 20-year-old qualifying fortunate washout scored the greatest win of his young vocation, shocking the veteran world No. 1 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 at the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Experts to arrive at the last 16.
Luca Nardi Defeated Novak Djokovic
Nardi, who grew up worshiping Djokovic and is positioned 123rd on the planet, played the match of his life to overcome the Serb, dropping his racket and putting his hands over his face after terminating a pro out wide to seal the success.
His triumph finished Djokovic’s 11-game dominate streak at Bosses occasions and the 36-year-old’s offered a record 6th title at the competition in the California desert.
Nardi, who has a banner of Djokovic balanced over his bed from the age of eight, was not awed by the major event of his proclaimed rival and broke for a 4-2 lead in the choosing set before hammering out the success in style.
Every one of Djokovic’s last two misfortunes has come against youthful Italians – he lost to possible boss Jannik Miscreant, 22, in the Australian Open semi-finals in January.
In another match, seventh seed Holger Rune at last made it onto the court after a first-round bye and a walkover in the second round against the harmed Milos Raonic.
The 20-year-old Dane got off and running on the occasion with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) rout of Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti and he will next confront American Taylor Fritz.
