Novak Djokovic victorious over Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the final in Paris on Sunday. The epic lasted 4 hours and 11 minutes. This is the second time Djokovic wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Novak was absolutely exceptional to recover mentally after he was 2 sets down. The Serbian could not convert a set point in the first set and he looked completely down in the second set. Then, Nole got a bathroom break and he had a great rest to be back as a completely different player to win the following 3 sets playing fantastic tennis.
Djokovic added € 650,000 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 1,400,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas French Open – Paris
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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Novak scored 164 points vs. the Greek’s 147.
Djokovic
Djokovic served pretty well to win 78% of the points (71/91) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (23/43) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, the Greek was battling in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Tsitsipas is 6-2 for Novak.
This was the 84th career title for Novak. (see list of the title). Tsitsipas remains with 7th titles. (see list of the title)
The Serbian was great in turning this contest in the last 3 sets after losing the first 2. In fact, he conceded only 9 games in the last 3 sets after winning 103 points vs. ‘s 78 points.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 11th (5-6) game, Tsitsipas broke back in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 8-6.
Tiebreak
The Greek won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 7th (5-2) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Serbian won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (1-4), 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Stefanos converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40 and 15-40). Tsitsipas saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Moreover, on the other side, the Serbian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 0th (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 85 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Stefanos won just 1 point more than the Serbian (43-42). Tsitsipas conceded 17 points on serve (31-17). Regarding the other side of the net, the Serbian conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).
had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0). The Greek extended his lead after breaking the Serbian in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Tsitsipas was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Novak grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
They contested 65 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Tsitsipas (37-28). The Serbian conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). On the losing side, Stefanos conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
Djokovic enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Serbian improved his lead after breaking Stefanos in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
An important stage of this set was when the Serbian won 4 consecutive games in the 4th set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Stefanos (30-19). Djokovic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, the Greek conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Djokovic snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
They played 69 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Stefanos (39-30). Djokovic surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). On the losing side, Stefanos conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).
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