Novak Djokovic played some excellent tennis in his first three matches at the Miami Open - particularly in the round of 16 - where he defeated Italian star Lorenzo Musetti in two sets, leaving just four games to his opponent and putting forth one of his best 2025 performances so far (along with his performance against Carlos Alcaraz in the Australian Open quarterfinals).
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The former world No.1 was supposed to be back in action against Sebastian Korda yesterday in the last match of the day, but his quarterfinal match against the American ace was postponed until today due to the new ATP rule that prevents matches from starting after 11 PM.
Yesterday's schedulewas affected by a series of very long and balanced challenges, especially the one between Grigor Dimitrov and Francisco Cerundolo, which was the most exciting match of the entire tournament so far.
Nole was very angry
According to Marion Bartoli's report on 'RMC Sports,' the 24-time Grand Slam champion was very irritated with the tournament organizers because of this schedule.
Nole was not particularly happy when he learned that his match against Korda would be postponed until the followingday. He knew that his opponent had a wrist injuryand wanted to face the American yesterday.
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Djokovic had expressed his concerns to tournament director James Blake even before the latter approved that very risky schedule" -Bartoli explained.
The winner of the challenge between Djokovic and Korda will face Dimitrov in the first semifinal tomorrow. The Bulgarian veteran - who prevailed against Cerundolo yesterday at the end of a truly titanic battle - suffered an injury in the latter part of the match and did not give any interview afterwards.
His exact condition is not known at this time, but it is clear that Grisha will do everything he can to compete on Friday and try to reach his second Florida final in a row. He had reached the last act in 2024, when he was beaten by Sinner.
