Novak Djonkovic conquers the Tel Aviv tournament

It took Djokovic one hour and 34 minutes to seal his first victory of the hard court season and raise his total career trophies to 89.

Without losing his serve throughout the match and with brilliant moments in his game, Djokovic increased the abysmal difference with the Croatian in the confrontations between them. It was the twenty-first duel and the former world number one won for the nineteenth time.

He did not give an option in any case to Cilic, the second favorite, who still has not won a title in 2022. His last successes were last year, in Saint Petersburg and Stuttgart.

With his third trophy of the season under his arm, Djokovic now goes to the Astana tournament, in Kazakhstan, starting this year in the 500 category. He will meet there with the world number one, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, the Russian Daniil Medvedev and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, among others. EFE