Novak Djokovic survives Laslo Djere 2-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Belgrade on Wednesday after winning a huge battle in what was an all-Serbian affair. Djokovic will face off with Miomir Kecmanovic in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 21 minutes. Novak won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Novak added to his prize money € 6,780 after winning this match. He has won already € 16,160 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add € 11,725 to his earnings to get in total € 27,885 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Laslo Djere Serbia Open – Belgrade
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Novak won this contest even if he conquered less points than Djere (132 vs. 135).
Djokovic
Djokovic won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 14% (2/14) of the procured opportunities.
Djere
On the other side, Laslo was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Djere is 1-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Miomir Kecmanovic – stats
Djokovic will square off with Kecmanovic in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Miomir Kecmanovic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic had a strong start of this set after breaking Laslo Djere in the 1st game (1-0). Djere improved his lead after breaking Novak in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Djere was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Novak wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They played 57 points. Djere conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Novak (34-23). Djere lost 8 points on serve (19-8). In addition, on the other side, Novak conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Djokovic conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Djokovic broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 8-6.
Tiebreak
Djokovic won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 10th (6-4) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Djere won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
They played 111 points. Novak won 5 points more than Djere (58-53). Novak lost 18 points on serve (33-18). In addition, on the other side, Laslo conceded 25 points on serve (35-25).
Djokovic was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Laslo Djere in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Novak to win the set because Djere succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Djokovic maintained his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Novak won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Laslo won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 7th (4-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Novak converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Djere converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 99 points. Novak conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Djere (52-47). Djokovic surrendered 12 points on serve (27-12). on the other side of the court, Djere conceded 25 points on serve (35-25).
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (2-6 7-66 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – John MillmanMillman (6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
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