Novak Djokovic conquers Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 in the semifinal in Rome on Saturday. Djokovic will seek to keep on going in this event against Rafael Nadal in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. The Serbian 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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Djokovic added to his prize money € 62,700 after winning this match. He has won already € 145,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add € 100,085 to his earnings to get in total € 245,085 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Lorenzo Sonego Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Sonego
6-3 6-75 6-2
2h:44
108
108
Total points
86
86
52
52
Winners
44
44
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
69%
69%
1st in
71%
71%
79%
79%
1st won
63%
63%
52/66
52/66
1st won
44/70
44/70
59%
59%
2nd won
55%
55%
17/29
17/29
2nd won
16/29
16/29
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
Total
1/7
1/7
33%
33%
Won
14%
14%
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At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 108 points vs. Sonego’s 86.

Djokovic

Djokovic served pretty well to win 79% of the points (52/66) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (17/29) on his second serve. Novak won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Sonego

On the other side, the Italian had some problems converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Sonego is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal – stats

Djokovic will take on Nadal in the final.

This will be the 57th time that Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal clash against each other. The head to head is 29-27 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but Nadal has a winning record of 18-7 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Nadal won 7-64 6-3 in the semifinal in Rome back in 2018.

Live score progression and stats

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Serbian conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

The Serbian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Sonego (27-18). Djokovic was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the other side, the Italian conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

Sonego clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 11th (5-6) game, Sonego broke back in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-5.

Tiebreak

Lorenzo won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Novak won 3 minibreaks in the 1st

(1-0), 6th (4-2) and 11th (5-6) point.

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

Lorenzo converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Novak converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 105 points. It’s worth to point out that, Lorenzo won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Djokovic (51-54). Lorenzo lost 22 points on serve (33-22). on the other side of the court, Djokovic conceded 18 points on serve (32-18).

Novak in this set was too strong for the Italian and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Sonego in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Novak was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Lorenzo was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 43 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Lorenzo (28-15). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, Sonego conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

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