Novak Djokovic beats Casper Ruud 7-5 6-3 in the final at the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This is the 6 time that Novak has won the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Casper Ruud Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 64 points vs. Casper’s 48.
Djokovic
Novak served pretty well to win 85% of the points (33/39) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (11/16) on his second serve. Novak won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Ruud
On the other side, Ruud 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 Ruud is 4-0 for Novak.
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Djokovic conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Djokovic was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 64 points. The Serbian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Ruud (35-29). Djokovic dropped 5 points on serve (24-5). In addition, on the other side, Casper conceded 11 points on serve (24-11).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Djokovic conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Novak was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Novak won 10 points more than the Norwegian (29-19). Novak dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the net, the Norwegian conceded 9 points on serve (13-9).