Novak Djokovic obliterates Tallon Griekspoor 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Dubai on Wednesday after playing a marvellous match. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. Novak won this tournament 5 times in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Novak added to his prize money $ 36,470 after winning this match. He has already won $ 78,235 after this win. If he wins the next match, Novak will add $ 74,890 to his earnings to get in total $ 153,125 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Novak scored 73 points vs. Griekspoor’s 50.
Djokovic
The Serbian served pretty well to win 91% of the points (20/22) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (14/21) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 25% (4/16) of the procured opportunities.
Griekspoor
On the other side, Griekspoor was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Griekspoor is 2-0 for Novak.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Novak reinforced his lead after breaking Griekspoor in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
Djokovic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
Djokovic converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Djokovic won 16 points more than Griekspoor (32-16
). Novak was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). On the losing side, the Dutch conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).Djokovic had a favorable start in this set after breaking Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for the Serbian to win the set because Griekspoor found the way to break back in the 7th
(2-5) game.Certainly, a key moment was when Novak won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Djokovic converted 20% of his break points (2/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Griekspoor was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 75 points. Djokovic won 7 points more than Tallon (41-34). The Serbian conceded 6 points on serve (14-6). On the other side, Tallon conceded 27 points on serve (28-27).
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