Gritty Novak Djokovic overcomes Monfils after saving 3 consecutive match points

DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI RESULTS. Djokovic victorious over Monfils to face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Novak Djokovic prevails over Gael Monfils 2-6 7-68 6-1 in the semifinal in Dubai on Friday. Djokovic will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Gael in this set was too good for Djokovic and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Novak in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

2nd set.

The Serbian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Novak broke back in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 8. Nole Managed to save 3 consecutive match points when he was 3-6 down in the breaker.

3rd set.

Gael started to struggle with his body and the Serbian won the set after he broke the French Player 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Djokovic to conquer the set because he didn’t concede his serve during the rest of the set.

The French Player was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Novak scored 103 points vs. Monfils’s 95 points.

Novak won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, Gael was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Monfils is 17-0 for Novak.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Gael Monfils Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Djokovic’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Djokovic will face Tsitsipas in the final.

This will be the 5th time that Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Djokovic and Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-75 6-3 in the 3rd round in Toronto back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

Upcoming matches

  • Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-2) – See H2H details

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