Novak Djokovic dispatches Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Adelaide on Friday. Djokovic will play Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal. 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.
Djokovic added to his prize money $ 13,975 after winning this match. He has won already $ 32,150 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 22,885 to his earnings to get in total $ 55,035.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Denis Shapovalov Adelaide International 1 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Novak scored 80 points vs. the Canadian’s 62.
Djokovic
Djokovic served very well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (16/30) on his second serve. Novak won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Shapovalov
On the other side, the Canadian was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Shapovalov is 8-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Djokovic will fight against Medvedev in the semifinal.
This will be the 13th time that Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev face off. The head to head is 8-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Medvedev won 6-3 6-3 in the R in London back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Djokovic clinched in the 8th
game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).The Serbian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Denis was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A).
They contested 79 points. The Serbian won 9 more points than the Canadian (44-35
). Novak dropped 16 points on serve (29-16). On the other side, Shapovalov conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).Djokovic won the set after he broke Denis in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Djokovic didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.
Djokovic converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Shapovalov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They contested 65 points. Novak won 9 points more than the Canadian (37-28). Novak lost 8 points on serve (19-8). In addition, on the other side, Shapovalov conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-64 6-78 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (8-4) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-0) – H2H details and stats