Novak Djokovic survives Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 3-6 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Paris on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Djokovic will play against Holger Rune in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 6 times in 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Djokovic added to his prize money € 206,980 after conquering this match. He has won already € 456,720 after this win. If he wins the next match, Novak will add € 379,635 to his earnings to get in total € 836,355 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 93 points vs. Stefanos’s 74.
Djokovic
The Serbian served extremely well to win 84% of the points (41/49) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (21/29) on his second serve. Djokovic fired 11 aces without committing any double fault. The Serbian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, Stefanos was remarkable in converting all his break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Tsitsipas is 9-2 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Holger Rune – stats
Djokovic will face Rune in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Holger Rune square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Novak in this set played at a much higher level than the Greek and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Tsitsipas in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Greek was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Serbian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2
40-A). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 41 points. The Serbian won 13 points more than Tsitsipas (27-14). Novak was astonishing on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (16-1). On the other side, Stefanos conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
Stefanos won the set after he broke Novak in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Tsitsipas was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th
(2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 52 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Djokovic (28-24). Stefanos dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). On the losing side, Novak conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Novak won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Serbian won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Stefanos won a minibreak in the 7th (4-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Djokovic was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 74 points. Novak won 10 more points than the Greek (42-32). Djokovic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (29-3). On the other side, Stefanos conceded 13 points on serve (29-13).
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