Novak Djokovic overcomes Dominic Thiem 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in Melbourne on Sunday.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Djokovic had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Thiem in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Djokovic to win the set because Thiem found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Serbian kept his cool to break the Austrian in the 10th (6-4) game.

2nd set.

Thiem won the set after he broke Novak in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Djokovic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, Dominic didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-4.

3rd set.

Thiem was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Thiem managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Serbian in the 3rd

(3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

An important stage of this contest was when Dominic won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

4th set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Djokovic conquered in the 8th

game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

5th set.

Similarly to the 4th set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Djokovic conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Thiem is 7-4 for Novak.

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