Novak Djokovic topples Sebastian Korda 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4 in the final in Adelaide on Sunday. The epic lasted 3 hours and 9 minutes. This is the second time that Djokovic has won the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Novak added $ 39,525 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 94,560 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Sebastian Korda Adelaide International 1 – Adelaide
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:09
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 121 points vs. Korda’s 107.
Djokovic
Djokovic served extremely well to win 85% of the points (53/62) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (25/37) on his second serve. Djokovic won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Korda
On the other side, Sebastian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head-to-head between Djokovic and Korda is 1-0 for Novak.
This was Djokovic 92nd title. Sebastian lost the opportunity to win his title on the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
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The American won the set after he broke the Serbian in the 9th (5-4) game. The Serbian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, the American maintained the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 8.
Korda failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
The American won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Serbian won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 10th (4-6), 11th (5-6) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Sebastian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 15-40). The American saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. On the other side, Novak was perfect in converting all his break points in the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).
They contested 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Djokovic (45-46). The American conceded 18 points on serve (35-18). On the losing side, the Serbian conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Djokovic won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Novak won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Korda won a minibreak in the 2nd (1-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The Serbian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40).
They contested 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Serbian won just 3 more points than Sebastian (41-38). Djokovic lost 8 points on serve (28-8). In addition, on the other side, Korda conceded 13 points on serve (30-13).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Novak conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Djokovic converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. The Serbian won 8 points more than the American (33-25). Novak was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (21-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Sebastian conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).
