Novak Djokovic will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his third round at the tennis event in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Serbian, who is also playing in the mixed doubles, is looking for his first gold medal. Here, find out everything there’s to know about this match such as the preview, head to head, predictions, odds and how to watch it in the US.
The World No 1 is a man on a mission. Djokovic is in Tokyo aiming to become the first man and second tennis player after the legendary Steffi Graf to complete the “Golden Slam”, meaning winning the four Grand Slams and the Olympic gold medal in the same year. With Australia, Roland Garros and Wimbledon already in his pocket, the Serbian is halfway through his goal.
The player who will try to stop him is the 22 year-old Alejandro Davidovich of Spain, who is competing in his first Olympic Games. The Spaniard is ready to upset Djokovic, following the example of his compatriots Sara Sorribes and Paula Badosa, who already sent home favorites such as Ashleigh Barty and Iga Swiatek.
Novak Djokovic vs Alejandro Davidovich: Match Information
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
Time: 10:00 PM (ET)*
Location: Ariake Tennis Centre Court
*It will start after the match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Belinda Bencic.
Novak Djokovic vs Alejandro Davidovich: Time by state in the US
ET: 10:00 PM
CT: 09:00 PM
MT: 08:00 PM
PT: 07:00 PM
Novak Djokovic vs Alejandro Davidovich: Head-to-head and storylines
Novak Djokovic and Alejandro Davidovich met once before. It was this year at the Masters of Rome, on clay, and the Serbian took the game with a 6-2, 6-1 score. This will be their first encounter on hard court.
While Davidovich is playing at the Olympics for the first time, Djokovic is in his fourth Olympics. He won the bronze medal in Beijing in 2008 after losing to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. In London he failed to defend his bronze medal after losing to Juan Martin Del Potro, who also defeated him in the first round in Rio 2016.
How to watch or live stream Novak Djokovic vs Alejandro Davidovich in the US
The match between Novak Djokovic andAlejandro Davidovich to be played this Tuesday, July 27, at the Ariake Tennis Centre Court for the third round of the Olympic tennis will be broadcasted in the US by Olympic Channel.
Novak Djokovic vs Alejandro Davidovich: Odds and predictions
Oddsmakers in the US had already made their predictions for this game. According to FanDuel, Novak Djokovic is the favorite with odds of -50000, while Alejandro Dadovich has odds +2000.
| FanDuel | |
| Novak Djokovic | -50000 |
| Alejandro Davidovich | +2000 |
*Odds by FanDuel
