Djokovic drops opening-round set at Australian Open for first time since 2006 but hangs on to beat Struff Globe_Sports
. Since then, the 16-time Grand Slam champ had produced 13 consecutive straight-set wins in the hard-court tournament’s first round; add in the initial pair of sets against Struff, and the streak was at 41.Struff managed to break Djokovic three times in that third set alone.
Also worth mentioning: Djokovic helped his opponent by faltering with two double-faults on the last two points of the set. The first set offered its own hiccups for Djokovic. He was a point away from taking it while serving for the set at 5-3 before finding himself locked in a tiebreaker against the big-hitting Struff, who has lost in the first round in 16 of his 26 career major appearances.Djokovic began to show signs of frustration, rolling his eyes and spreading his arms wide, as if to say, “What is going on here?!” after one miss, hanging his head and slumping his shoulders after another.
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