Partizan players in Nicosia played an excellent match, almost routinely defeated Anorthosis with 2: 0 and won three points and started the competition in the group stage of the Conference League.

Black and whites dominated in all segments of the game, created many opportunities, and only the goalkeeper of the home team Lori deserved that the triumph of the Belgrade team was not more convincing.

Attempts by the guests were rare, and every time either the defense or the young goalkeeper Popović was in the right place, so it seems that the black and whites would not have conceded a goal even if it had been played for 180 minutes.

Partizan was especially dominant in the first 45 minutes, when Miljković and Šćekić missed good chances, that is, goalkeeper Lori was in the right place.

However, the black and whites came to the advantage in the 42nd minute, when Quincy Menig scored his first goal in the Partizan jersey.

The Dutchman sent an excellent attack on his team, Markovic shot, Loria defended, and Menig put the deduction into the net.

Anorthosis coach Temur Kecbaya tried to change something on the field with changes and, true, the home team seemed a bit more serious in the first half hour of the match.

But, then the best scorer of the black and whites this season, Ricardo Gomes, came on the scene, who showed his skill in the penalty area of ​​the rival and shook Loria’s net with a strong shot.

Aleksandar Stanojević made changes in order to rest some players for the week, when the black and whites are expecting an “eternal derby” with the Red Star.

However, the black and whites could be worried about the condition of Ricardo Gomes, who left the game at the end of the match due to injury.

The black and whites could have won more convincingly in the finish if Holender and Jojić had been more precise, but the misses did not spoil the overall impression that Partizan left in Nicosia.

Partizan is first on the table of Group B of the Conference Conference with three points won, the same as Ghent, which celebrated with a minimal result against Flora in Tallinn.

The next match in Europe will be played by the black and whites on September 30, when the Estonian Flora arrives in Belgrade.

Novak is slowly raising his form after a full month break, and the real opponent for the fine “tuning” of the game was the 121st player on the ATP ranking list.

The world “number 1” was well prepared for an opponent he had never met before and he was the one who wondered on the field from the first minute.

He made the first break in the fourth game and took the lead 3: 1, only to take the service away from the rival once again by the end of the set and solve that part of the game in his favor in a round of half an hour.

In the second, he also made breaks twice, but he also suffered one, while in the third he did not allow Grikspur to endanger him and he triumphed after 100 minutes of tennis.

“A good match. I played better than in the first round. I am very satisfied with the game. I served well, I found a rhythm on the serve,” said Djokovic, who struggled with the initial kick at the beginning of the tournament.

He stated that his rival is an excellent server, which is why he had to return well.

“I made him play. I watched his first round match against Struff and saw that he was serving well. I knew that the key here would be for me to return. To make him play, to move. He doesn’t move very well. I changed the rhythm. I’m very happy with my level of tennis. Everything is going in the right direction. “

Djokovic is now expecting his first difficult exam in the tournament, as he secured a duel with former US Open finalist Kei Nishikori, who eliminated McKenzie McDonald in five sets after a great fight.

The US Open started on Monday and lasts until September 12, and it is played for a prize fund of 57,500,000 dollars.