Novak Djokovic impressed by Tiafoe in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Djokovic aces Tiafoe to fight against Taylor Harry Fritz in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Djokovic Impressed By Tiafoe

Novak Djokovic wins against Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-73 7-62 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Djokovic will seek to keep on going in this event against Taylor Harry Fritz in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 8 times in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Djokovic
Melbourne
Djokovic's Record

Djokovic added to his prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Novak will add $ 105,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

Djokovic was pleased about the outcome of the match. He commented:

“I was impressed with the way he was competing. He served very well. He fought hard. I thought we both played on a pretty high level. He pushed me to the very limit. [The] second and the third sets were really super close. I was fortunate to get the two-sets-to-one lead. Obviously in the fourth, I had more chances and kind of capitalized on them midway through the fourth set.”

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Frances Tiafoe Australian Open – Melbourne

Djokovic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Tiafoe
Novak Djokovic
6-3 6-73 7-62
6-3
3h:30
Frances Tiafoe
145
145
Total points
123
123
62
62
Winners
58
58
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
37
37
Unforced
43
43
46%
46%
Ratio Unforced
54%
54%
12/16
12/16
Net Approaches
21/39
21/39
75%
75%
Perc
54%
54%
-- Serve --
26
26
Aces
23
23
5
5
Double Faults
8
8
62%
62%
1st in
53%
53%
84%
84%
1st won
74%
74%
62/74
62/74
1st won
58/78
58/78
59%
59%
2nd won
49%
49%
27/46
27/46
2nd won
34/70
34/70
205
205
Fastest serve
217
217
191
191
AVG 1st Serve
192
192
157
157
AVG 2nd Serve
156
156
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
Total
2/3
2/3
36%
36%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 145 points vs. Francis’s 123.

Djokovic

Djokovic served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (62/74) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (27/46) on his second serve. Novak struck 26 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Novak won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.

Tiafoe

On the other side, Francis was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats

Djokovic will square off with Harry Fritz in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Taylor Harry Fritz fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-3 6-0 in the 3rd round in Monte carlo back in 2019.

Novak Djokovic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Djokovic was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Harry Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the Serbian to win the set since Francis managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Djokovic kept his focus to break the American in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

They contested 46 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the American (28-18). Novak conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Francis conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).

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The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Francis won the tiebreak at 7-3.

Tiebreak

The American won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Djokovic won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

They played 81 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Serbian (44-37). Tiafoe surrendered 10 points on serve (34-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Djokovic conceded 10 points on serve (27-10).

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Djokovic was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Harry Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that was not enough for Novak to win the set since Tiafoe succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Novak maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 2.

Tiebreak

The Serbian won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.

Novak won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-c

They contested 82 points. The Serbian won 14 more points than the American (48-34). The Serbian surrendered 5 points on serve (27-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 21 points on serve (29-21).

4th Set -
Djokovic

Djokovic won the set after he broke Francis in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Tiafoe couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.

They contested 58 points. Djokovic won 12 points more than Francis (35-23). Djokovic lost 5 points on serve (19-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).

 

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