Jiri Vesely stuns Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6(4) in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Vesely will clash against Denis Shapovalov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2017 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event. Following this defeat, Novak Djokovic will lose his world no.1 rank to Daniil Medvedev next Monday.
Vesely added to his prize money $ 73,300 after winning this match. He has won already $ 149,870 as of now in this event. If he wins the next match, Jiri will add $ 132,430 to his earnings to get in total $ 282,300.
Highlights Jiri Vesely vs. Novak Djokovic Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:57
At the end of the match, Jiri scored 74 points vs. Djokovic’s 71.
Vesely
Vesely won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Djokovic
On the other side, Novak was battling in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Vesely and Djokovic is 2-0 for Jiri.
Draw and next match H2H: Jiri Vesely vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Vesely will fight against Shapovalov in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Jiri Vesely and Denis Shapovalov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Vesely had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Novak Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Jiri to win the set since Djokovic found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Vesely maintained his cool to break the Serbian in the 7th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-4).
Vesely converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Novak was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They contested 61 points. Vesely conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Novak (34-27). The Czech surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Novak conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Vesely won the set after he broke the Serbian in the 7th (4-3) game. The Serbian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, Vesely didn’t lose the lead to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
The Czech won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Djokovic won a minibreak in the 7th (3-4) point.
Jiri 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, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Vesely converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Djokovic converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 84 points. It’s worth to point out that, Vesely won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Djokovic (40-44). Vesely dropped 18 points on serve (30-18). In addition, on the other side, Novak conceded 10 points on serve (26-10).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Andrey RublevRublev – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (2-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Richard BerankisBerankis (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andrey RublevRublev (2-0) – H2H details and stats
