When Novak Djokovic lost a 23 stroke rally at the point set in the second set against Jaume Munar, he pulled over his back and lay in trial, absolutely exhausted.
Could what the 38-year-old may have left to leave after two hours in brutal conditions, with nothing determined?
Many.
Gjokovic chose himself from the canvas, played an extremely aggressive decisive group, and left with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 victory to become the oldest 1000 quarter-finalist masters in history.
Between the second and third groups, the medical team participated in Djokovic, who still barely barely caught his breath, controlling his blood pressure and consulting with him. The big champion four times had already fought with a leg issue in the match, taking a medical timeframe in the opening group.
In short, things were looking gloomy.
Meanwhile, feeling that it was his time to hit, a bright munar sprinkled Djokovic, sending a clear message to start the final group.
This message was received by Djokovic, and returned with interest.
The big champion 24 times hit early, taking advantage of a terrible Munar mistake, which lost a slight blow at 40-15. Three points later was hit by the Serbian icon, breaking to open the set with 1-0 lead.
The moment continued, while Gjokovic increased his aggression, taking large cracks from both sides while eventually scoring double rest in the seventh game to extend his superiority to 5-2.
The 38-year-old fell only four points in the service in the last set, and two in the last match, but he converted his second point of match to close the troubling issue in two hours and 35 minutes pure and true drama.
Gjokovic ended up with 32 winners and won 21 of 30 points in the net after he denied Munar his first masters. Seed No.3, which owns records of the tournament for win (42) and titles (4), improves to 26-0 after winning the first set this season.
