{"id":480100,"date":"2024-03-12T03:24:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T07:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=480100"},"modified":"2024-03-12T03:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T07:24:40","slug":"italian-youngster-shocks-djokovic-and-kicks-him-out-of-indian-wells","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/italian-youngster-shocks-djokovic-and-kicks-him-out-of-indian-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian youngster shocks Djokovic and kicks him out of Indian Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning upset at Indian Wells, world number one Novak Djokovic suffered a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 defeat at the hands of lucky loser Luca Nardi in the third round on Monday. For the 20-year-old Italian, who ranks 123rd in the world, this victory over his idol Djokovic was nothing short of a &#8220;miracle.&#8221; Displaying immense joy, Nardi dropped his racket and covered his face after delivering an ace to secure the win.<\/p>\n<p>This unexpected loss marks the end of Djokovic&#8217;s quest for a record sixth title at the California desert tournament. Nardi, who entered the main draw only after Tomas Etcheverry withdrew due to injury, expressed his disbelief at the accomplishment. &#8220;I&#8217;m a 20-year-old guy, 100 in the world, and I beat Novak. Crazy. Just crazy,&#8221; said Nardi.<\/p>\n<p>In a captivating performance, Nardi took an early lead in the match, breaking Djokovic with a well-executed forehand. Despite Djokovic&#8217;s efforts to level the contest, Nardi remained resilient. A crucial break in the decider, where Nardi hit a backhand that Djokovic couldn&#8217;t return, secured a 4-2 advantage and ultimately led to the upset. Nardi is now set to face American Tommy Paul in the next round.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FS0X0kvO8k0?si=8lMOfM8Vcccnj6hx\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning upset at Indian Wells, world number one Novak Djokovic suffered a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 defeat at the hands of lucky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":480101,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17698,16740],"news_category":[16714,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[18112,17855],"acf":{"announce":"Luca Nardi came into the tournament as a \"lucky loser\", but clinched his biggest win of his career ","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/480100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/480100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480103,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/480100\/revisions\/480103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480100"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=480100"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=480100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}