Novak Djokovic gets by Alexander Zverev 6-7(6) 6-2 6-4 7-6(6) in the quarter in Melbourne on Tuesday. Djokovic will play Aslan Karatsev in the semifinal. 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 added to his prize money $ 325,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 850,000 up to now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 650,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,500,000.
The match
Novak had a rather weird match. He started all sets, but the second one playing rather poorly at the beginning. Novak was broken in his first service game in the 1st,3rd and 4th set. Eventually, he found the solution to win the contest using his superior mental strength.
Djokovic was elated about the match. He commented:
“Positive is that I’ve actually felt the best today since the third round. It means it’s going in the right direction. Fingers crossed it’ll stay the same.”
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Alexander Zverev Australian Open – Melbourne
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
7-66
3h:30
After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Zverev is 6-2 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Djokovic will compete against Karatsev in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Aslan Karatsev since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Karatsev had a racing start in this set after breaking Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Alexander to win the set since Novak succeeded in breaking back in the 10th (5-5) game. Zverev kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.
Tiebreak
Zverev won 6 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (4-4), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Djokovic won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Alexander was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). Zverev saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Novak was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 93 points. Alexander was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Novak (49-44). Zverev conceded 9 points on serve (25-9). on the other side of the court, Djokovic conceded 24 points on serve (35-24).
Djokovic came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Karatsev in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Djokovic improved his lead after breaking Zverev in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
A defining moment of this set was when Djokovic won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Novak was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 40 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Alexander (26-14). Djokovic was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Alexander conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Karatsev had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Djokovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Novak managed to stage a great comeback to break Alexander in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Zverev was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Djokovic converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). In addition on the other side, Alexander converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 57 points. Novak conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Zverev (31-26). Novak dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Alexander conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Karatsev had a great start in this set after breaking Djokovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Novak refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Zverev in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.
Tiebreak
The only difference was a minibreak conquered by Djokovic in the 14th point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Novak converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40). Novak saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Also, on the other side, Alexander converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 96 points. It’s worth to point out that, Novak won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Zverev (47-49). Novak surrendered 20 points on serve (36-20). on the other side of the net, Zverev conceded 11 points on serve (29-11).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-7(6) 6-2 6-4 7-6(6)) – Stats and score progression
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