Novak Djokovic beats Kei Nishikori 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in New York on Saturday. Djokovic will fight against Jenson Brooksby in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 32 minutes. Novak won this tournament 3 times in 2011, 2015 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Djokovic's Record

Novak added to his prize money $ 85,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 265,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 160,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 425,000 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Kei Nishikori U.S. Open – New York

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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Nishikori
6-74 6-3 6-3
6-2
3h:32
150
150
Total points
124
124
63
63
Winners
59
59
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
52
52
Unforced
57
57
48%
48%
Ratio Unforced
52%
52%
22/27
22/27
Net Approaches
15/23
15/23
81%
81%
Perc
65%
65%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
6
6
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
63%
63%
1st in
65%
65%
77%
77%
1st won
63%
63%
63/82
63/82
1st won
59/93
59/93
51%
51%
2nd won
44%
44%
25/49
25/49
2nd won
22/50
22/50
202
202
Fastest serve
191
191
188
188
AVG 1st Serve
167
167
155
155
AVG 2nd Serve
134
134
-- Break Points --
7/16
7/16
Total
2/13
2/13
44%
44%
Won
15%
15%
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At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 150 points vs. the Japanese’s 124.

Djokovic

The Serbian served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (63/82) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (25/49) on his second serve. Novak fired 15 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Djokovic won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.

Nishikori

On the other side, Kei was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Nishikori is 18-2 for Novak.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Jenson Brooksby – stats

Djokovic will face Brooksby in the 4th round.

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Jenson Brooksby since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

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The Japanese won the set after he broke the Serbian in the 3rd (2-1) game. Djokovic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, the Japanese stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

Tiebreak

Nishikori won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Novak won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (3-3) point.

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

They contested 82 points. This set was so close that, Kei won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Kei conceded 16 points on serve (32-16). In addition, on the other side, Djokovic conceded 9 points on serve (25-9).

Novak won the set after he broke Kei in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Serbian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Kei was unable to convert any of his 7 break points. He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 69 points. Djokovic won 9 points more than the Japanese (39-30). The Serbian dropped 9 points on serve (21-9). In addition, on the other side, Nishikori conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).

Djokovic won the set after he broke Kei in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Nishikori tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, Novak didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3

.

Novak converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Kei converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 67 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Kei (37-30). The Serbian lost 15 points on serve (22-15). On the losing side, the Japanese conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).

Novak in this set was too strong for Nishikori and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the Japanese in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th

(5-2) game.

The Japanese was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Serbian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Nishikori was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 56 points. Novak was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Nishikori (33-23). Novak conceded 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

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