Novak Djokovic survives Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-0 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Paris on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Djokovic will clash against Daniil Medvedev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 5 times in 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Novak added to his prize money € 81,000 after conquering this match. He has won already € 187,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Novak will add € 149,030 to his earnings to get in total € 336,030 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Hubert Hurkacz Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:17
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 97 points vs. Hurkacz’s 84.
Djokovic
The Serbian served extremely well to win 77% of the points (33/43) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (21/34) on his second serve. Djokovic won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Hurkacz
On the other side, Hubert was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Hurkacz is 3-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Djokovic will take on Medvedev in the final.
This will be the 10th time that Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev fight against each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Medvedev won 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the final in New York back in September 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Medvedev enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Hubert Hurkacz in the 1st game (1-0). Hubert improved his lead after breaking Djokovic in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Hurkacz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Serbian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 51 points. Hurkacz was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Novak (28-23). Hubert conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, Djokovic conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).
There was not much of a fight in this set because Djokovic conceded no games to Hubert before winning the set 6-0.
They contested 36 points. The Serbian was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than Hurkacz (26-10). Novak was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). In addition, on the other side, the Pole conceded 14 points on serve (6-14).
The Serbian won the set after he broke the Pole in the 4th (3-1) game. Hurkacz tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, the Serbian didn’t lose the lead to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Djokovic won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Pole won a minibreak in the 5th (3-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They contested 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Novak won just 3 points more than Hurkacz (48-45). Novak lost 13 points on serve (27-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Hubert conceded 21 points on serve (32-21).
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-0 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (5-4) – H2H details and stats
