Novak Djokovic outlasts Tomas Machac 6-3 3-6 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Dubai on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Djokovic is going to play against Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. Novak won this tournament 5 times in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Djokovic added to his prize money $ 19,495 after winning this match. He has already won $ 41,765 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 36,470 to his earnings to get in total $ 78,235 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:27
At the end of the match, Novak scored 104 points vs. Machac’s 90.
Djokovic
The Serbian struck 12 aces and he committed 8 double faults. The Serbian was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Machac
On the other side, Machac was not so effective in converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Machac is 1-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Djokovic will take on Griekspoor in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Tallon Griekspoor face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic won the set after he broke Machac in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Tomas tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, Novak didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3.
Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Tomas converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 58 points. Novak conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Machac (34-24). The Serbian dropped 9 points on serve (20-9). On the other side, Machac conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Djokovic commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Tomas Machac in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Machac to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Tomas was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Novak wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 62 points. Machac was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Novak (33-29). Machac lost 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Djokovic conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Djokovic won the set after he broke Tomas in the 4th (3-1) game. Tomas tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Djokovic kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 1.
Tiebreak
Novak won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40). On the other side, Tomas converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 74 points. The Serbian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Machac (41-33). The Serbian dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 19 points on serve (23-19).
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