Novak Djokovic gets the better of Marin Cilic 6-3 6-4 in the final in Tel Aviv on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Djokovic added $ 60,170 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 144,415 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Marin Cilic Tel Aviv Watergen Open – Tel Aviv
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:34
At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 64 points vs. Cilic’s 51.
Djokovic
Djokovic served extremely well to win 89% of the points (32/36) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (10/21) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Cilic
On the other side, Marin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Cilic is 19-2 for Novak.
This was the 89th career title for Djokovic. (see list of titles and finals). Cilic remains with 20th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Novak grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Novak converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Cilic (33-26). Novak surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the court, Cilic conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Djokovic had a great start in this set after breaking Marin Cilic in the 1st game (1-0). That break turned to be decisive for Djokovic to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 56 points. Djokovic won 6 points more than Cilic (31-25). Novak dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
