Novak Djokovic demolishes Tommy Paul 7-5 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Melbourne on Friday after playing a marvellous match to come up against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. The match lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. Djokovic 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.
Novak added to his prize money $ 700,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 1,625,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 1,350,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,975,000 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Tommy Paul Australian Open – Melbourne
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:20
At the end of the match, Novak scored 100 points vs. the American’s 68.
Djokovic
Novak served pretty well to win 75% of the points (40/53) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (21/38) on his second serve. Novak blasted 12 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Djokovic was effective at converting 64% of the break points that he procured (7/11).
Paul
On the other side, the American was not so effective in converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Paul is 1-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Djokovic will come up against Tsitsipas in the final.
This will be the 13th time that Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas clash against each other. The head to head is 10-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but Tsitsipas leads 2-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic had a favorable start in this set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Djokovic to win the set because the American managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Serbian maintained his cool to break the American in the 12th (7-5) game.
The Serbian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
Yet also Tommy won 4 consecutive games from 1-5 to 5-5
Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (1-5 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 75 points. Djokovic conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Paul (40-35). Novak dropped 18 points on serve (25-18). On the losing side, Tommy conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
Djokovic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Djokovic improved his lead after breaking Paul in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
An important stage of this set was when the Serbian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Serbian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Tommy was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 45 points. Novak won 13 points more than Tommy (29-16). Djokovic lost 8 points on serve (19-8). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
Djokovic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Serbian extended his lead after breaking Paul in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).
There was an important spell in this set when the Serbian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Serbian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40). On the other side, Tommy wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (0-3 30-40).
They contested 48 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Paul (31-17). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). on the other side of the court, Paul conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-62 6-4 6-76 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tommy PaulPaul (7-5 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (2-10) – H2H details and stats
