Novak Djokovic overcomes Casper Ruud 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Rome on Saturday. Djokovic will play against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. Novak 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 € 206,980 after winning this match. He has won already € 456,720 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add € 379,635 to his earnings to get in total € 836,355 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Casper Ruud Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Ruud
6-4 6-3
1h:42
62
62
Total points
53
53
23
23
Winners
29
29
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
65%
65%
1st in
75%
75%
70%
70%
1st won
60%
60%
23/33
23/33
1st won
29/48
29/48
67%
67%
2nd won
50%
50%
12/18
12/18
2nd won
8/16
8/16
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
1/1
1/1
44%
44%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 62 points vs. Ruud’s 53.

Djokovic

Novak won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Ruud

On the other side, Ruud was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Ruud is 3-0 for Novak.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Djokovic will play Tsitsipas in the final.

This will be the 9th time that Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas face off. The head to head is 6-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on clay.

Live score progression and stats

Djokovic conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the Serbian to win the set because the Norwegian found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Djokovic won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

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

game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 61 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Serbian won barely 1 point more than Casper (31-30). Novak surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Ruud conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).

The Serbian won the set after he broke Ruud in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Casper was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Serbian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. Novak won 8 more points than Casper (31-23). Novak was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, the Norwegian conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).

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