This morning we woke up to see American Reilly Opelka beat Novak Djokovic over in Brisbane.
Novak entered this one -2500 on the moneyline…
Insane.
Does it come in a major?
No, but Americans have been slaughtered by the Serbian non-stop for nearly a decade.
The last time it went our way was at Wimbledon when Sam Querrey pulled it off in 2016.
It’s been ugly since.
A handful of potential American slam champs have been shutdown at the hands of Djokovic.
Any win against this maniac should be celebrated, even if it comes at the end of his career.
Dude nearly retired right then and there and even took up tennis broadcasting for a bit.
Well, I’d say he made the right call pushing through.
I loved his mindset in this match.
Dude just went for it and didn’t care if he failed.
Over the years we’ve seen countless Americans face Djokovic and essentially shit themselves.
They play scared and don’t take nearly enough chances when there’s an opening.
It’s the worst loss in a completed match (based on ranking) in Djokovic’s career.
Would be cool if he could stay healthy and get back into the top 100.
That level he played against Novak was outrageous.
Guy doesn’t have a slow second serve, it’s just two first serves and he hits missiles.
Surprisingly has a nice touch around the net too along with a clean one handed backhand.
I’m expecting every set to go to a tiebreak and for Gio to prevail.
Father time comes for everyone.
He seemed a step slow from start to finish here and struggled mightily with Reilly’s massive serve.
