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.

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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
6-2 6-1
1h:10
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.

Live score progression and stats

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

).

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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