Novak Djokovic topples Quentin Halys 7-6(3) 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Adelaide on Thursday. Djokovic will play against Denis Shapovalov in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. The Serbian won this tournament once in 2007. Here you can see his history at this event.
Novak added to his prize money $ 7,520 after winning this match. He has won already $ 18,175 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 13,975 to his earnings to get in total $ 32,150 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Quentin Halys Adelaide International 1 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 85 points vs. the French player’s 73.
Djokovic
The Serbian served very well to win 88% of the points (44/50) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (14/26) on his second serve. Djokovic blasted 10 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Djokovic won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Halys
On the other side, The French player was great in converting the only break point that he converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Halys is 2-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Djokovic will square off with Shapovalov in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Novak Djokovic and Denis Shapovalov square off. The head to head is 7-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Shanghai back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Quentin Halys in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Novak was not done to come back to break the French player in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
Djokovic won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Quentin won a minibreak in the 6th (1-5) point.
Djokovic won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Novak converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40). On the other side, Quentin was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (3-1 40-A).
They played 82 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Quentin (43-39). The Serbian conceded 14 points on serve (27-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the Serbian won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Novak won 2 minibreaks in the 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Djokovic was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 76 points. Djokovic won 6 more points than Halys (41-35). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (29-4). On the losing side, Quentin conceded 12 points on serve (31-12).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
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- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Quentin HalysHalys (7-63 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marcos GironGiron (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jack DraperDraper (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (1-0) – H2H details and stats