Novak Djokovic blitzes Aslan Karatsev 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Tuesday after playing a terrific match. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. The Serbian won this tournament 5 times in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Novak added to his prize money € 33,795 after conquering this match. He has won already € 72,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add € 63,360 to his earnings to get in total € 136,225 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Aslan Karatsev Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Karatsev
6-3 6-2
1h:30
67
67
Total points
47
47
19
19
Winners
23
23
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
49%
49%
1st in
52%
52%
76%
76%
1st won
70%
70%
19/25
19/25
1st won
23/33
23/33
65%
65%
2nd won
30%
30%
17/26
17/26
2nd won
9/30
9/30
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
1/2
1/2
40%
40%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Novak scored 67 points vs. Aslan’s 47.

Djokovic

Novak served very well to win 76%

of the points (19/25) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (17/26) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Karatsev

On the other side, Aslan didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Karatsev is 2-1 for Novak.

Live score progression and stats

Djokovic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Aslan Karatsev in the 2nd game (2-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Novak to win the set as the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Djokovic kept his cool to break Karatsev in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).

Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Karatsev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).

They played 50 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Russian (29-21). Djokovic conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Karatsev conceded 11 points on serve (13-11

).

Djokovic had a favorable start in this set after breaking Aslan Karatsev in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Djokovic improved his lead after breaking Karatsev in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Certainly, a key moment was when Djokovic won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Serbian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).

They played 66 points. Djokovic conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Karatsev (39-27). The Serbian conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Karatsev conceded 21 points on serve (20-21).

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