Novak Djokovic breezes past Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-1

in the quarter in New York on Wednesday after playing a tremendous match to come up against Roberto Bautista Agut in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Djokovic grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Novak was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 46 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Jan-Lennard (27-19). The Serbian lost 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).

Djokovic started the set in the best possible way after breaking Struff in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Novak to win the set since the German managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) game. The Serbian maintained his focus to break Jan-Lennard in the 7th (6-1) game.

The Serbian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Serbian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Serbian converted 50% of his break points (4/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (4-0 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Struff converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th game (0-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 48 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than Struff (32-16). Novak conceded 9 points on serve (13-9). on the other side of the court, the German conceded 19 points on serve (7-19).

The Serbian will add to his prize money $ 25,500 after winning this match. He has won already $ 124,000 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Novak will add $ 61,015 to his earnings to get in total $ 185,015.

Match Statistics

Djokovic
Struff
6-3 6-1
59
59
Total points
35
35
24
24
Winners
12
12
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
8
8
69%
69%
1st in
39%
39%
73%
73%
1st won
67%
67%
24/33
24/33
1st won
12/18
12/18
60%
60%
2nd won
29%
29%
9/15
9/15
2nd won
8/28
8/28
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
1/3
1/3
56%
56%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 59 points vs. the German’s 35.

The Serbian was sharp when converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9). On the other side, the German wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Struff is 4-0 for Novak.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff Western & Southern Open – New York

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Roberto Bautista Agut – stats

Djokovic will square off with Bautista Agut in the semifinal.

This will be the 12th time that Novak Djokovic and Roberto Bautista Agut face off. The head to head is 8-3 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 3-3 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Bautista Agut won 1-6 7-5 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2019.

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