DOHA: Novak Djokovic admitted he had to "fight" to come again from a collection down to beat world quantity 36, Hungary's Marton Fucsovics at the Qatar Open on Wednesday.
The world primary survived an enormous scare to ultimately triumph Four-6, 6-Four, 6-1.
"For the first two sets he was the better player," said Djokovic.
"He performed actually smartly, smart, converting up the rhythm and the tempo of the ball and shifting me around.
"I was more or less in a corner and I had to in finding my way and fight my way thru."
The match lasted exactly two hours, which was twice as long as the Serb spent on court in his first spherical stroll in opposition to Damir Dzumhur, the place he misplaced simply 3 games.
A backhand winner ultimately secured victory for Djokovic but the end result was doubtful for a long time, with the Serb simplest breaking Fucsovics in the tenth game of the second set to verify the match went into a last set shootout.
Djokovic will play both Russia's Andrey Rublev or Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in the quarter-finals.
That pair play in a while Wednesday.
If he wins his closing 8 match, Djokovic is on track to meet Stan Wawrinka in the semi-finals after the Swiss also won on Wednesday, beating Chile's Nicolas Jarry 6-Four, 7-6 (7/3).
The world primary survived an enormous scare to ultimately triumph Four-6, 6-Four, 6-1.
"For the first two sets he was the better player," said Djokovic.
"He performed actually smartly, smart, converting up the rhythm and the tempo of the ball and shifting me around.
"I was more or less in a corner and I had to in finding my way and fight my way thru."
The match lasted exactly two hours, which was twice as long as the Serb spent on court in his first spherical stroll in opposition to Damir Dzumhur, the place he misplaced simply 3 games.
A backhand winner ultimately secured victory for Djokovic but the end result was doubtful for a long time, with the Serb simplest breaking Fucsovics in the tenth game of the second set to verify the match went into a last set shootout.
Djokovic will play both Russia's Andrey Rublev or Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in the quarter-finals.
That pair play in a while Wednesday.
If he wins his closing 8 match, Djokovic is on track to meet Stan Wawrinka in the semi-finals after the Swiss also won on Wednesday, beating Chile's Nicolas Jarry 6-Four, 7-6 (7/3).
'Fighter' Djokovic into Qatar quarter-finals after scare
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