Novak Djokovic downs Dominik Koepfer 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Rome on Saturday. Djokovic will face Casper Ruud in the semifinal.

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Djokovic had a strong start of this set after breaking Koepfer in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Novak to win the set since the German succeeded in breaking back in the 5th

(1-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Djokovic kept his focus to break the German in the 8th (5-3) game before managing to win the set (6-3).

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Djokovic won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Djokovic converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Dominik was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (0-4 30-40) and the 6th game (2-4 0-40).

They contested 54 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Koepfer (31-23). The Serbian conceded 11 points on serve (14-11). on the other side of the net, Koepfer conceded 17 points on serve (12-17).

Djokovic had a racing start in this set after breaking Koepfer in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Dominik refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Serbian in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Dominik converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 66 points. Dominik conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Novak (35-31). The German lost 17 points on serve (21-17). on the other side of the net, Novak conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

Djokovic won the set after he broke Koepfer in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Novak wasted a good opportunity to break the German in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Novak converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 0th (-1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 57 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Koepfer (34-23). Novak conceded 5 points on serve (17-5

). On the other side, Koepfer conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).

Novak will add to his prize money € 25,000 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 100,000 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add € 50,000 to his earnings to get in total € 150,000.

Stats: aces, double faults and breaks

Djokovic
Koepfer
6-3 4-6 6-3
96
96
Total points
81
81
31
31
Winners
38
38
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
4
4
64%
64%
1st in
61%
61%
65%
65%
1st won
61%
61%
31/48
31/48
1st won
38/62
38/62
52%
52%
2nd won
33%
33%
14/27
14/27
2nd won
13/40
13/40
-- Break Points --
6/21
6/21
Total
4/4
4/4
29%
29%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Novak scored 96 points vs. the German’s 81.

Novak won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (6/21) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Koepfer was remarkable in converting all his break points (4/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Koepfer is 1-0 for Novak.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Dominik Koepfer Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Djokovic will face Ruud in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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