Unstoppable Djokovic destroys Davidovich Fokina in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

    INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Djokovic powers past Davidovich Fokina to fight against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

    Novak Djokovic motors past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2 6-1 in the 3rd round in Rome on Thursday after playing a tremendous match to deal with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 5 times in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Djokovic
    Rome
    Djokovic's Record

    The Serbian added to his prize money € 16,900 after winning this match. He has won already € 45,100 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add € 37,200 to his earnings to get in total € 82,300 in total.

    Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Djokovic
    Fokina
    Novak Djokovic
    6-2 6-1
    1h:10
    Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
    64
    64
    Total points
    40
    40
    23
    23
    Winners
    17
    17
    36%
    36%
    Ratio Winners
    43%
    43%
    -- Serve --
    4
    4
    Aces
    0
    0
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    3
    3
    66%
    66%
    1st in
    69%
    69%
    70%
    70%
    1st won
    46%
    46%
    23/33
    23/33
    1st won
    17/37
    17/37
    65%
    65%
    2nd won
    41%
    41%
    11/17
    11/17
    2nd won
    7/17
    7/17
    -- Break Points --
    5/10
    5/10
    Total
    1/4
    1/4
    50%
    50%
    Won
    25%
    25%
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    At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 64 points vs. the Spaniard’s 40.

    Djokovic

    Novak was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10).

    Davidovich Fokina

    On the other side, Alejandro had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

    After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Davidovich Fokina is 1-0 for Novak.

    Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

    Djokovic will compete against Tsitsipas in the quarter.

    This will be the 7th time that Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas fight against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

    The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-4 in the final in Dubai back in 2020.

    Novak Djokovic Draw info

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    1st Set -
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    DjokovicFokina
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    D
    0
    0
    F
    0
    0

    Tsitsipas had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Serbian managed to stage a great comeback to break Alejandro 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

    Davidovich Fokina was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

    Novak converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).

    They played 48 points. Djokovic conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Alejandro (30-18). Djokovic conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Davidovich Fokina conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

    2nd Set -
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    Not
    0
    0
    0
    0

    Djokovic had a favorable start in this set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Novak managed to boost his lead after breaking Davidovich Fokina in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

    There was a pivotal moment in this set when Novak won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

    They contested 56 points. Novak won 12 points more than Alejandro (34-22). The Serbian lost 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).

     

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