Just four men are still standing at the ATP Belgrade Open. One is the heavy favourite to claim the title, three will be gunning for a shot at glory by denying him in his own backyard. But who will book their place in Saturday\u2019s final and who will fall the frustration of defeat?<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: <\/strong>first meeting<\/p>\n Perhaps unsurprisingly, with the pair having spent their careers playing in effectively different stratospheres, this will be the first meeting between Novak Djokovic and Andrej Martin. The Serbian arrived at the second ATP 250 held in the Serbian capital in recent weeks fresh from his run to the final in Rome, where it took the very best of Nadal to deny him in a three-set thriller<\/a>. He has maintained that fine form so far this week, brushing aside Mats Moraing and Federico Coria.<\/p>\n In fact, the Argentine took just one game off him, which looks ominous for Martin. But the Slovakian is having a fine week, having started his tournament in the qualifying with wins over Akira Santillan and Moraing. He then battled past Christopher O\u2019Connell from a set down before upsetting third seed Nikoloz Basilashvili in a third-set tiebreak. Martin then secured his chance to test himself against the world #1 with a 3-6 6-3 6-4 over Djokovic\u2019s Davis and ATP Cup team-mate Dusan Lajovic.<\/p>\n However, it is hard to see him troubling Djokovic. Martin covers the court well and has solid groundstrokes, but he does not boast the sort of power that is required to hit through Djokovic. His serve will also surely be targeted by Djokovic, with Martin hitting it without the power and accuracy needed to keep Djokovic on the backfoot. Ultimately, this should be rather a mis-match, particularly if Djokovic maintains the level he displayed against Coria.<\/p>\n Prediction: Djokovic in 2
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