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‘It was horrible’: Novak Djokovic stunned again by unseeded Tabilo in Monte Carlo defeat | Tennis News

‘It was horrible’: Novak Djokovic stunned again by unseeded Tabilo in Monte Carlo defeat | Tennis News

Unseeded Alejandro Tabilo beat twice champion Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday to maintain a remarkable 100% record win record over the 24-times major winner. Djokovic, who suffered a shock defeat in the Miami Open final last month, had received a bye into the last-32 but came up short against the Chilean who had also beaten him in Rome last year. “It has been a tough year, so a little bit of the nerves were there,” Tabilo said in an on-court interview. Story continues below this ad “I remembered last time what I did well and thankfully I served well today and it helped me a lot. It was an unreal match.” Tabilo has yet to drop a set against Djokovic as the 27-year-old registered back-to-back wins over the Serbian on clay. Marat Safin and Jiri Vesely are the only other players to have faced Djokovic more than once and not lost, with both having 2-0 records. Djokovic was chasing his 100th Tour level title while …