Novak Djokovic conquers Kevin Anderson 7-65 7-66 in the Round Robin in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney on Saturday. Djokovic will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Gael Monfils in the next match.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Djokovic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Anderson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Djokovic to win the set as Anderson found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Novak kept his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
2nd set.
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Novak won the breaker at 6.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 96 points vs. Anderson’s 83 points.
Novak served very well to win 78% of the points (43/55) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. The Serbian fired 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Novak won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 13% (1/8). On the other side, Kevin was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 25% of his break points (1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Anderson is 9-1 for Novak.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Kevin Anderson ATP Cup – Brisbane, Perth, Sydney
Djokovic’s Interview
After the match, Nole commented “I thought it was a fantastic opening match of the season. I was really pleasantly surprised and I’m very grateful to all the fans coming out and being patient, staying all the way to the end of the match, especially Serbian guys that really showed the great passion.”
Next Match: Novak Djokovic vs. Gael Monfils – stats
Djokovic will take on Monfils in the Round Robin.
This will be the 16th time that Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils play each other. The head to head is 15-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 10-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Australian Open back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (3-6 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Guido PellaPella – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-64 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Kevin AndersonAnderson (7-65 7-66) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-73 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Dennis NovakNovak (6-74 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexander ZverevZverev (4-6 7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniel EvansEvans (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – John IsnerIsner (6-73 7-610 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-66 7-64) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Steve DarcisDarcis – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (6-4 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo CuevasCuevas (4-1) – See H2H details
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Martin CuevasCuevas (0-0) – See H2H details
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – See H2H details
- Steve DarcisDarcis – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – See H2H details
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Kevin AndersonAnderson (5-1) – See H2H details
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (15-0) – See H2H details
- Marin CilicCilic – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – See H2H details
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Daniel EvansEvans – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (0-0) – See H2H details
- David GoffinGoffin – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – See H2H details
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – See H2H details
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – See H2H details
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lucas PouillePouille (2-1) – See H2H details
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (0-0) – See H2H details
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Pablo CuevasCuevas (1-1) – See H2H details
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (5-2) – See H2H details
- Dennis NovakNovak – Guido PellaPella (0-0) – See H2H details
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – John IsnerIsner (0-0) – See H2H details
- Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli – Martin CuevasCuevas (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-4) – See H2H details
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (0-0) – See H2H details
- Borna CoricCoric – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – See H2H details
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – See H2H details
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (4-0) – See H2H details
- Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – See H2H details
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – See H2H details
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – See H2H details
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (1-0) – See H2H details