Novak Djokovic beats Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 in the final in Astana on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Novak added $ 164,130 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 355,310 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Astana Open – Astana
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 58 points vs. Stefanos’s 39.
Djokovic
The Serbian served very well to win 87% of the points (33/38) behind his first serve, and he won 80% points (8/10) on his second serve. Djokovic won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, the Greek wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Tsitsipas is 8-2 for Novak.
This was the 90th career title for Novak. (see list of titles and finals). The Greek remains with 9th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Serbian grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Novak won 10 more points than Tsitsipas (26-16). Djokovic was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). On the other side, Tsitsipas conceded 6 points on serve (13-6).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Serbian grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Djokovic converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Novak was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Stefanos (32-23). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (21-4). on the other side of the court, Stefanos conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).