Novak Djokovic defeats Hubert Hurkacz 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Djokovic will engage against Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. The Serbian won this tournament 5 times in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Serbian added to his prize money $ 74,890 after winning this match. He has already won $ 153,125 as of now in this event. If he wins the next match, Novak will add $ 134,195 to his earnings to get in total $ 287,320.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Hubert Hurkacz Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:21
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 61 points vs. the Pole’s 51.
Djokovic
The Serbian served extremely well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind his first serve, and he won 79% points (15/19) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.
Hurkacz
On the other side, Hubert wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Hurkacz is 5-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Djokovic will take on Medvedev in the semifinal.
This will be the 14th time that Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev clash against each other. The head to head is 9-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-2 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Djokovic won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Djokovic grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Novak converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Djokovic won just 1 point more than Hurkacz (27-26). The Serbian surrendered 8 points on serve (20-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Hubert conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Novak clinched in the 11th game (6-5) just before finally winning the set (7-5).
The Serbian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. Djokovic won 9 points more than Hurkacz (34-25). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (24-3). On the losing side, Hubert conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (9-4) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (5-0) – H2H details and stats
