Novak Djokovic vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Cincinnati Open 2023: Second round preview, Head-to-head record, live streaming info

Two-time champion Novak Djokovic takes on Alejandro Davidovich Fokina within the second spherical of the Cincinnati Open, ATP 1000 Masters occasion, on Wednesday.

The conflict is scheduled to be the fourth match on the Center Court on the fourth day of this 12 months’s version.

World No. 2 Djokovic will play his first singles match for the reason that loss to Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set thriller within the Wimbledon last. The 36-year-old Serbian will even be competing in a singles match on US soil for the primary time in two years and in Cincinnati after 4 years.

He couldn’t enter the US final 12 months because it required the worldwide travellers to be vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19. He additionally missed the Masters occasions at Indian Wells and Miami this 12 months because of the identical purpose. However, the US authorities ended the vaccine mandate on May 11, clearing the best way for Djokovic’s entry. 

Djokovic teamed up with compatriot Nikola Cacic in males’s doubles on Tuesday the place the duo misplaced 4-6, 2-6 to the Brit-Kiwi duo of Jamie Murray and Michael Venus.

Spain’s Davidovich Fokina got here to Cincinnati after his run to the semifinals on the Canadian Open in Montreal final week. It took him to a brand new career-high rating of 23.

In Cincinnati, the Spaniard started his marketing campaign with a straightforward 6-3, 6-3 victory over Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina.

Head-to-head report

Played: 4 | Djokovic: 3 | Davidovich Fokina: 1

Djokovic and Davidovich Fokina have confronted one another 4 occasions with their newest duel happening within the third spherical of this 12 months’s French Open the place the Serbian survived two tight tiebreaks to finally emerge victorious in three units.

Their solely conflict on exhausting court docket occurred throughout the Tokyo Olympics the place Djokovic received simply.