Novak Djokovic ousts Matteo Berrettini 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-3 in the final in London on Sunday to win his 20th slam tie his major record with Nadal and Federer and make history. The battle lasted 3 hours and 24 minutes. This is the 6 times won this tournament that the Serbian wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Djokovic has now the opportunity to win the calendar slam. IN the on-court interview that followed his amazing win, he commented:
“I could definitely envisage that happening (year slam) and I hope I will give it a shot. I’m in great form and played well and having my best form at Grand Slams is my number one priority.”
Novak added £ 800,000 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned £ 1,700,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Matteo Berrettini Wimbledon – London
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-3
3h:24
At the end of the match, Novak scored 145 points vs. Matteo’s 131.
Djokovic
The Serbian served pretty well to win 79% of the points (59/75) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (25/47) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Berrettini
On the other side, Berrettini had a tough time converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Berrettini is 3-0 for Novak.
This was the 85th career title for the Serbian. (see list of the title). Berrettini remains with 5th titles after he conquered the tournament in Gstaad 2018, in Budapest 2019, in Stuttgart 2019, in Belgrade 2021 and in London 2021. (see list of the title)
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Berrettini broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Italian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Djokovic won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 10th (4-6) point.
Matteo won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Berrettini converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Djokovic converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A).
They played 103 points. It’s worth to point out that, Matteo won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Serbian (51-52). The Italian dropped 24 points on serve (37-24). on the other side of the court, Novak conceded 14 points on serve (28-14).
Djokovic had a racing start in this set after breaking Matteo Berrettini in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Novak to win the set as Matteo managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Novak missed the chance to break the Italian in the 9th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Serbian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Serbian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Berrettini converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 61 points. Novak won 7 more points than Berrettini (34-27). Djokovic conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Djokovic snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Berrettini was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 56 points. This set was so close that, Djokovic won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Djokovic surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the court, Berrettini conceded 6 points on serve (18-6).
Novak won the set after he broke the Italian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Italian was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Novak converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. Novak won 6 more points than Berrettini (31-25). Novak lost 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the net, Berrettini conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
