Novak Djokovic vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: Score and Reaction from 2015 US Open

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Published: September 7, 2015

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Novak Djokovic didn't drop a set during his first three wins at the 2015 U.S. Open, but that run ended Sunday in the fourth round against Roberto Bautista Agut. Despite that, the tournament's top seed advanced to the quarterfinals following a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory.   

Djokovic was coming off a third-round win over Andreas Seppi that he described as a "really, really tough three sets," per the Guardian's Kevin Mitchell.

"I'm satisfied, but you can always do better," the 2011 U.S. Open champ added. "We're all perfectionists in a way. We see certain things we could have done better."

In that match, Djokovic committed 31 unforced errors and allowed Seppi to have seven break-point opportunities. He also won a mediocre 45.8 percent of his medium rallies, a sure sign Djokovic was off his game.

Those problems carried over into Sunday as the 28-year-old looked sluggish from start to finish.

Djokovic's volleying—winning 11 of 13 points at the net—was one of his saving graces in the first set. He did a great job of waiting for his opportunity to get to the net and cut down the angles for Bautista Agut at the baseline.

It seemed like only a matter of time before Djokovic would pick up a critical service break in the first set, and he finally got it in the eighth game to take a 5-3 lead, as the U.S. Open shared on Twitter:



Hitting 10 unforced errors was concerning for Djokovic, though. His ball-striking left something to be desired, and he seemed to be laboring physically, which in turn affected his groundstrokes.

Still, things looked promising in the second set after he took a 4-2 lead while up a double service break. Then, Bautista Agut reeled off four games in a row, breaking Djokovic's serve twice in the process, to tie the match.

The 27-year-old Spaniard teed off on Djokovic's second serve, on which the top seed w...
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