Stefanos Tsitsipas gets the better of Novak Djokovic 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Shanghai on Friday.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Djokovic came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Novak to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
2nd set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Greek conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
3rd set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Tsitsipas conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 85 points vs. the Serbian’s 83 points.
Stefanos served pretty well to win 83% of the points (49/59) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 48% points (11/23) on his second serve. Stefanos blasted 11 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Tsitsipas won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7). On the other side, the Serbian was exceptional in converting all the break points (1/1). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Djokovic is 2-1 for Stefanos.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Novak Djokovic Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Roger FedererFederer (6-3 6-77 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-68 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-4) – See H2H details
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-1) – See H2H details
