Novak Djokovic breezes past Cobolli in the 3rd round – SHANGHAI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Djokovic too good for Cobolli

By
Luke Meyer
-
Prediction-and-head-to-head-Novak-Djokovic-vs-Flavio-Cobolli

Novak Djokovic exterminates Flavio Cobolli 6-1 6-2 in the 3rd round in Shanghai on Tuesday after playing a great match to fight against Roman Safiullin in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. The Serbian won this tournament 4 times in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Djokovic
Shanghai
Djokovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money $ 41,900 after winning this match. He has already won $ 101,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 84,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 185,000 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Flavio Cobolli Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Djokovic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Cobolli
Novak Djokovic
6-1 6-2
1h:03
Flavio Cobolli
62
62
Total points
33
33
20
20
Winners
20
20
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
61%
61%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
60%
60%
1st in
64%
64%
83%
83%
1st won
57%
57%
20/24
20/24
1st won
20/35
20/35
81%
81%
2nd won
30%
30%
13/16
13/16
2nd won
6/20
6/20
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
0/0
0/0
44%
44%
Won
0%
0%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Novak scored 62 points vs. Flavio’s 33.

Djokovic

Djokovic served pretty well to win 83% of the points (20/24) behind his first serve, and he won 81% points (13/16) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Cobolli

On the other side, Flavio wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Cobolli is 1-0 for Novak.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Roman Safiullin – stats

Djokovic will take on Safiullin in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Roman Safiullin face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Monte carlo back in April 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Djokovic HTML
DjokovicCobolli
HTML
D
0
0
C
0
0

Djokovic conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Flavio Cobolli in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Djokovic reinforced his lead after breaking Cobolli in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Flavio was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Djokovic converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 52 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the Italian (33-19). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (17-3). In addition, on the other side, Flavio conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

2nd Set -
Djokovic Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Djokovic in this set didn’t concede much to the Italian and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Cobolli in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Cobolli couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. Djokovic won 15 more points than the Italian (29-14). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Cobolli conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).

1st
Djokovic
Cobolli
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Djokovic
Cobolli
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

  • Tomas MachacMachac – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-2)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-4)
  • Jakub MensikMensik – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-75 6-2)
  • Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-65 6-2)
  • Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-67 2-6 6-1)
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 7-5)
  • Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (5-7 7-5 7-65)
  • Holger RuneRune – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-4 7-5)
  • Taylor FritzFritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-3 6-4)
  • Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 6-2)
  • Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yibing WuWu (7-65 6-3)
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (5-7 6-4 6-4)
  • Jannik SinnerSinner – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-73 6-4 6-2)
  • Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-72 7-66 6-2)

Upcoming matches