Novak Djokovic exterminates Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Paris on Friday after playing a good match to clash against his good friend Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Djokovic was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Serbian managed to boost his lead after breaking Stefanos in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
Djokovic missed the chance to break Tsitsipas in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
A crucial moment of the match was when Novak won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
2nd set.
Novak in this set was much more effective than Stefanos and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking the Greek in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Djokovic won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Novak scored 54 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 30 points.
The Serbian served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (23/29) behind his first serve, and he won 77% points (10/13) on his second serve. Novak won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, the Greek wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Tsitsipas is 2-2.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas BNP Paribas Masters – Paris
Djokovic’s Interview
After the match, Nole commented:
“I played one of the best matches of the season. I prepared myself very well for this match. I lost to Stefanos about three weeks ago in Shanghai. and obviously I went through the videos to understand what I did well, what I didn’t do so well, what I can do better.”
Next Match: Novak Djokovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Djokovic will come up against Dimitrov in the semifinal.
This will be the 10th time that Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov clash against each other. The head to head is 8-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Djokovic won 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Christian GarinGarin (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (8-1) – See H2H details
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Rafael NadalNadal (1-1) – See H2H details
