Alejandro Davidovich Fokina upsets Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-7(5) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Carlo Rolex Masters on Tuesday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alejandro added to his prize money € 33,795 after winning this match. He has won already € 72,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 63,360 to his earnings to get in total € 136,225 in total.
Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Novak Djokovic Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:54
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 115 points vs. Novak’s 103.
Davidovich Fokina
The Spaniard won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 45% (9/20) of the procured opportunities.
Djokovic
On the other side, Djokovic was not so effective in converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Davidovich Fokina and Djokovic is 1-2 for Novak.
Live score progression and stats
Alejandro won the set after he broke Djokovic 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Novak tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Anyhow, Davidovich Fokina didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3.
A defining moment of this set was when Alejandro won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.
Davidovich Fokina converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-4 15-40).
They played 59 points. Davidovich Fokina was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Djokovic (34-25). Alejandro lost 7 points on serve (13-7). On the other side, Novak conceded 21 points on serve (18-21).
Davidovich Fokina had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Novak Djokovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Novak succeeded in coming back to break the Spaniard 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Novak failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
The Serbian won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Novak was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). Novak saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Also, on the other side, Davidovich Fokina was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (3-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 102 points. The Serbian won 10 more points than Davidovich Fokina (56-46). The Serbian dropped 20 points on serve (27-20). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 29 points on serve (26-29).
Davidovich Fokina had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Novak Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0). The Spaniard extended his lead after breaking Novak in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Djokovic was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
They played 57 points. Alejandro was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than the Serbian (36-21). Davidovich Fokina was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (13-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the Serbian conceded 23 points on serve (17-23).
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