Great Djokovic rolls over Griekspoor in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Djokovic rolls over Griekspoor to take on Kei Nishikori in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor

Novak Djokovic destroys Tallon Griekspoor 6-2 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to square off with Kei Nishikori in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 3 times in 2011, 2015 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Djokovic
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Djokovic's Record

Novak added to his prize money $ 65,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 85,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 265,000 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor U.S. Open – New York

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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Griekspoor
Novak Djokovic
6-2 6-3 6-2
1h:39
Tallon Griekspoor
90
90
Total points
58
58
37
37
Winners
28
28
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
20
20
Unforced
28
28
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
18/30
18/30
Net Approaches
18/35
18/35
60%
60%
Perc
51%
51%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
5
5
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
64%
64%
1st in
66%
66%
80%
80%
1st won
56%
56%
37/46
37/46
1st won
28/50
28/50
54%
54%
2nd won
35%
35%
14/26
14/26
2nd won
9/26
9/26
201
201
Fastest serve
206
206
187
187
AVG 1st Serve
186
186
150
150
AVG 2nd Serve
157
157
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
Total
1/4
1/4
60%
60%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 90 points vs. the Dutch’s 58.

Djokovic

Djokovic served extremely well to win 80% of the points (37/46) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (14/26) on his second serve. The Serbian struck 13 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The Serbian was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (6/10).

Griekspoor

On the other side, Griekspoor was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Griekspoor is 1-0 for Novak.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Kei Nishikori – stats

Djokovic will face Nishikori in the 3rd round.

This will be the 20th time that Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori clash against each other. The head to head is 17-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 6-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-2 6-0 in the quarter in Tokyo back in July 2021.

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Novak in this set was more solid than Griekspoor and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Griekspoor in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

They played 50 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Griekspoor (30-20). Novak was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Griekspoor conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).

Djokovic got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Novak to win the set because the Dutch managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Novak kept his focus to break Griekspoor in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

They played 51 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than the Dutch (32-19). The Serbian surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, the Dutch conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).

The Serbian in this set was in much better shape than Tallon and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Dutch 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Dutch couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

They played 49 points. Novak was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Tallon (32-17). The Serbian dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). On the losing side, the Dutch conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).

 

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