Novak Djokovic conquers Van Assche in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Lajovic. HIGHLIGHTS – BANJA LUKA RESULTS

SRPSKA OPEN - BANJA LUKA DRAW AND RESULTS. Djokovic gets the better of Van Assche to play Dusan Lajovic in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Luca Van Assche

Novak Djokovic beats Luca Van Assche 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Banja Luka on Wednesday. Djokovic will try to keep the momentum against Dusan Lajovic in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes.

Djokovic
Banja Luka
Djokovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money € 7,130 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,010 after this win. If he wins the next match, Novak will add € 12,345 to his earnings to get in total € 29,355 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Luca Van Assche Srpska Open – Banja Luka

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Assche
Novak Djokovic
6-74 6-3 6-2
2h:38
Luca Van Assche
103
103
Total points
80
80
46
46
Winners
39
39
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
81%
81%
1st in
63%
63%
72%
72%
1st won
60%
60%
46/64
46/64
1st won
39/65
39/65
67%
67%
2nd won
46%
46%
10/15
10/15
2nd won
18/39
18/39
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
2/4
2/4
55%
55%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 103 points vs. the French player’s 80.

Djokovic

Djokovic was effective when converting 55% of the break points that he conquered (6/11).

Van Assche

On the other side, the French player was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Van Assche is 1-0 for Novak.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Dusan Lajovic – stats

Djokovic will play Lajovic in the quarter.

This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Dusan Lajovic square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-0 6-1 in the 1st round in Monte Carlo back in 2018.

Novak Djokovic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Assche 7-6
AsscheDjokovic
7
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
AsscheDjokovic
7
6
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
5
4
6
4
AsscheDjokovic
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
AsscheDjokovic
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
AsscheDjokovic
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
AsscheDjokovic
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
AsscheDjokovic
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
AsscheDjokovic
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
AsscheDjokovic
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
AsscheDjokovic
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
AsscheDjokovic
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
AsscheDjokovic
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
AsscheDjokovic
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
AsscheDjokovic
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Luca won the set after he broke the Serbian in the 9th (5-4) game. The Serbian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Van Assche refused to give way to conquer the set 7-6.

Van Assche failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Luca was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Djokovic was perfect in converting all his break points in the 9th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 94 points. This set was so close that, The French player won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Luca dropped 26 points on serve (38-26). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).

2nd Set -
Djokovic 6-3
DjokovicAssche
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
DjokovicAssche
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
DjokovicAssche
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
DjokovicAssche
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
DjokovicAssche
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
DjokovicAssche
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
DjokovicAssche
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
DjokovicAssche
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
DjokovicAssche
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Novak won the set after he broke the French player in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Serbian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.

Novak converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Luca was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (2-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 47 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the French player (29-18). Novak lost 7 points on serve (19-7). on the other side of the net, Luca conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).

3rd Set -
Djokovic 6-2
DjokovicAssche
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
DjokovicAssche
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DjokovicAssche
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
DjokovicAssche
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DjokovicAssche
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
DjokovicAssche
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
DjokovicAssche
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

The Serbian in this set played at a much higher level than Luca and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Luca in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Serbian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 42 points. Djokovic won 14 points more than the French player (28-14). The Serbian conceded 5 points on serve (13-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Luca conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).

1st
Djokovic
Assche
6-7
6
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Djokovic
Assche
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Djokovic
Assche
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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