Novak Djokovic gets the better of Denis Shapovalov 7-6(3) 7-5 7-5 in the semifinal in London on Friday. Djokovic will engage against Matteo Berrettini in the final. The match lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 5 times in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Djokovic added to his prize money £ 435,000 after winning this match. He has won already £ 900,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Novak will add £ 800,000 to his earnings to get in total £ 1,700,000 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Denis Shapovalov Wimbledon – London
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:44
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 116 points vs. the Canadian’s 104.
Djokovic
Djokovic served very well to win 81% of the points (55/68) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (25/44) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Shapovalov
On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 9% – 1/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Shapovalov is 7-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats
Djokovic will come up against Berrettini in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Matteo Berrettini clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Djokovic won 6-3 6-2 6-75 7-5 in the quarter in Roland garros back in June 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Novak won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Novak broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-3.
Tiebreak
Novak won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Shapovalov won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 8th (3-5) point.
The Serbian won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Novak converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Canadian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 76 points. This set was so close that, The Serbian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Djokovic surrendered 14 points on serve (28-14). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 10 points on serve (24-10).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Novak grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to finally conquering the set (7-5).
The Serbian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Denis was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 66 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Serbian won just 2 more points than the Canadian (34-32). The Serbian surrendered 10 points on serve (27-10). On the losing side, Shapovalov conceded 7 points on serve (22-7).
Tennis Scores at the Wimbledon
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 6-0 6-73 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-63 7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (2-0) – H2H details and stats
