Novak Djokovic sends congratulations to Dusan Lajovic for shock Juan Martin del Potro win

Dusan Lajovic hailed his surprise victory over Juan Martin del Potro as the number one win of his career as he booked his spot in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open.

The world No. 95 upset the odds to rally back from a set down and dump the Argentine out of the Masters 1000 event, in a stunning match on Manolo Santana.

After the match, Lajovic hailed the 3-6 6-4 7-6 victory as the best of his career and revealed that his fellow Serb Novak Djokovic had already sent him a message of congratulations.

When asked where he ranked the win, he replied: Number one, for sure. First top-10 win.

And in a Masters where everybody is playing their best tennis, I mean, its a huge achievement for me. Ive lost the previous 10, I think, matches again top-10.

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Its for sure my best win, and definitely one of the best matches I played. I really felt good on the court today. I felt I had my chances throughout the whole match. I was fighting from the first point till the last. It paid off.

I still am not believing it 100%, but I know that I deserved to win today. Im just feeling the whole week very good on the court, and everything is working so far. I just keep going with it.

When asked if Djokovic had offered him any advice prior to his win against Del Potro, he added: Before this match, no.

He congratulated me now after the match. I didnt want to bother him after the loss yesterday. Just said bad luck. But I spoke with my coach. He had some good tactics, as always.

We keep in touch, yeah. And bad luck that he lost yesterday. I think hes on the right way. He played a good first match, a good set yesterday. Its just not easy to come back after being off for so long.

I think if he keeps practising, keeps playing tournaments like this, its going to come for sure very soon.

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