Novak Djokovic victorious over Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2 in the semifinal in Paris on Friday. Djokovic will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. The epic lasted 4 hours and 11 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament once in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Novak added to his prize money € 375,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 750,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add € 650,000 to his earnings to get in total € 1,400,000 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal French Open – Paris
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-2
4h:11
At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 142 points vs. Rafael’s 124.
Djokovic
Djokovic won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (8/22) of the procured opportunities.
Nadal
On the other side, the Spaniard was struggling when converting his break points (only 38% – 6/16). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Nadal is 30-28 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Djokovic will come up against Tsitsipas in the final.
This will be the 8th time that Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas clash against each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Djokovic won 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the quarter in Rome back in May 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas had a racing start in this set after breaking Djokovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set since the Serbian succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
A crucial moment of this set was when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Nadal converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Novak converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 71 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Serbian (40-31). The Spaniard dropped 17 points on serve (25-17). On the other side, Djokovic conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Djokovic had a racing start in this set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Novak to win the set since the Spaniard succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Djokovic maintained his cool to break Nadal in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Djokovic converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Rafael converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Nadal (32-25). The Serbian dropped 14 points on serve (21-14). on the other side of the court, Nadal conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
The Serbian won the set after he broke the Spaniard in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, the Serbian didn’t lose the lead to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Novak won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Rafael won a minibreak in the 2nd (1-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
The Serbian converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Nadal converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A).
They played 96 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Spaniard (51-45). Djokovic surrendered 19 points on serve (30-19). on the other side of the net, Nadal conceded 21 points on serve (26-21).
Tsitsipas had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Serbian succeeded in coming back to break the Spaniard 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Rafael was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-2 to 6-2.
Novak converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Nadal was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 42 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Rafael (28-14). Novak surrendered 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the net, Rafael conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
Tennis Scores at the Roland Garros
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Rafael NadalNadal (3-6 6-3 7-64 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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