Novak Djokovic topples Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(7) 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Djokovic will face off with Alex De Minaur in the 4th round. Novak won this tournament 9 times in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Djokovic added to his prize money $ 110,325 after winning this match. He has won already $ 338,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 217,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 555,250 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov Australian Open – Melbourne
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Dimitrov is 10-1 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Alex De Minaur – stats
Djokovic will come up against De Minaur in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Alex De Minaur since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic had a strong start of this set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Novak to win the set because the Bulgarian found the way to break back in the 10th (5-5) game. The Serbian kept his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 7.
Tiebreak
Novak won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 5th (4-1) point. On the other side, Dimitrov won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 10th (5-5) and 15th (8-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7
The Serbian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). The Serbian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. Furthermore, on the other side, the Bulgarian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 96 points. Novak conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Dimitrov (50-46). The Serbian lost 15 points on serve (31-15). In addition, on the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 19 points on serve (31-19).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Serbian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Novak converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 60 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Dimitrov (34-26). Djokovic lost 6 points on serve (20-6
). Regarding the other side of the net, the Bulgarian conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).Djokovic was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Serbian to win the set as Grigor succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game. The Serbian kept his focus to break the Bulgarian in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-4).
Djokovic converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Bulgarian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (0-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They contested 71 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Dimitrov (38-33). The Serbian conceded 18 points on serve (22-18). on the other side of the net, Grigor conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
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