{"id":34548,"date":"2025-03-29T10:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T09:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=34548"},"modified":"2025-03-29T10:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T09:32:03","slug":"novak-djokovic-shows-respect-to-grigor-dimitrov-after-dominant-display-to-move-into-miami-open-2025-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/novak-djokovic-shows-respect-to-grigor-dimitrov-after-dominant-display-to-move-into-miami-open-2025-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic Shows Respect to Grigor Dimitrov After Dominant Display to Move Into Miami Open 2025 Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic proved why he is a 40-time ATP Masters-1000 champion on Friday, when he annihilated Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. The result meant that Nole kept up his 100% record of reaching the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Miami Open<\/a> final every time he reached the last eight. After the lopsided 1 hour 9 minute affair, Djokovic showed his class to his Bulgarian compatriot.<\/p><p>It was a jaw-dropping display of shotmaking from Djokovic, who made a mere two unforced errors before claiming the opening set 6-2. Missing just six first serves, he cruised to a <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/novak-djokovic-vs-grigor-dimitrov-head-to-head-preview-and-prediction-miami-open-2025-sf\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>comfortable<\/a> 6-2 6-3 win &ndash; entering his eighth final in the Florida-based event and gunning for his seventh title.<\/p><p><strong>READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/taylor-fritz-vs-jakub-mensik-head-to-head-preview-and-prediction-miami-open-2025-sf\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Taylor Fritz vs Jakub Mensik Head to Head, Preview and Prediction Miami Open 2025 SF<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Novak Djokovic will face Czech sensation Jakub Mensik in the Miami Open 2025 final on Sunday.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Novak Djokovic Embraces Grigor Dimitrov After Miami Open Drubbing<\/h2><p>As the two veterans shook hands after the match, Djokovic showed his respect to Dimitrov with a warm smile and embrace. In the oldest semifinal at the 1000 level since 1990, the 37-year-old continued his immaculate serving record this week &ndash; making 87% first serves. After losing his opening service game, he showed no signs of looking back.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Novak Djokovic vs Grigor Dimitrov Semi-Final Highlights | Miami 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0CUHWhsqJKc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Coming into this match, Grigor went through an exhausting battle against Argentine Francisco Cer&uacute;ndolo. Perhaps it was the fatigue, or the fact that he was going up against a man with 99 ATP titles. As the rain began to descend in the Hard Rock Stadium, the 24-time major winner sealed the deal on his second match point.<\/p><p>The win means that Djokovic now has 11 straight wins over &lsquo;Baby Fed&rsquo; on tour, as well as a one-sided 13-1 overall head to head. The 33-year-old Miami Open finalist from last year was left with no answers &ndash; despite receiving ample support from the crowd as the curtains were set to draw, a backhand return into the net ended his evening.<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/jessica-pegula-survives-big-scare-vs-giant-killer-alexandra-eala-to-reach-miami-open-2025-final\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Jessica Pegula Survives Big Scare vs Giant Killer Alexandra Eala to Reach Miami Open 2025 Final<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Djokovic Believes His Paris Olympics Form Has Returned at the Miami Open<\/h2><p>With greatness in the form of Lionel Messi and Venus Williams looking on, Djokovic did not disappoint. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m really grateful he [Messi] was here with his son and family,&rdquo; Nole stated in his post-match interview. &ldquo;I admired him for most of his career. We&rsquo;re actually the same age &ndash; born in &lsquo;87. Nice to still have him around.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s fair to say that Messi enjoyed being on the viewing end of sporting wizardry.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro, and Lionel Messi. <br><br>What a group photo. <br><br>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/delpotrojuan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@delpotrojuan<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VOxRahnRNa\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/VOxRahnRNa<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1905750404773920798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Speaking about his performance with Sky Sports, a delighted Djokovic said, &ldquo;It feels great. I didn&rsquo;t think I would beat my percentage of first serves from the last match, but I did and that makes life easier on court.&rdquo; The Serbian made a bold statement regarding his current form. &ldquo;I have not dropped a set in this tournament and I feel as good as I have since the Olympics last year.&rdquo;<\/p><p>It was way back in 2007 when a 19-year-old Novak Djokovic captured his maiden Miami Open crown. Can he beat the present 19-year-old rising star Mensik to win a record seventh title? Sunday couldn&rsquo;t come sooner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Serbian phenom cruised into his first Miami Open final since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":34554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[4970,5133,4946,4949,4936],"class_list":["post-34548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp-masters-1000","tag-grigor-dimitrov","tag-miami-open","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-tennis"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Novak Djokovic Shows Respect to Grigor Dimitrov After Dominant Display to Move Into Miami Open 2025 Final - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Novak Djokovic shared a sympathetic warm embrace with Grigor Dimitrov after beating him in the 2025 Miami Open semifinal on Friday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/novak-djokovic-shows-respect-to-grigor-dimitrov-after-dominant-display-to-move-into-miami-open-2025-final\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Novak Djokovic Shows Respect to Grigor Dimitrov After Dominant Display to Move Into Miami Open 2025 Final - 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