Novak Djokovic conquers Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 4-6 6-1 in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday. Djokovic will have to play Cameron Norrie in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 6 times in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Novak added to his prize money € 36,065 after winning this match. He has already won € 84,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, Novak will add € 76,625 to his earnings to get in total € 161,525 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:19
At the end of the match, Novak scored 90 points vs. Dimitrov’s 74.
Djokovic
Djokovic won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Dimitrov
On the other side, Dimitrov was not so effective in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Dimitrov is 11-1 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Djokovic will face Norrie in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Cameron Norrie clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0). However, Djokovic found the way to come back to break the Bulgarian in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
Certainly, a key moment was when Novak won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.
Novak converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Grigor converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 64 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Bulgarian (35-29). Novak dropped 9 points on serve (17-9). In addition, on the other side, Grigor conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Grigor clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Bulgarian broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Dimitrov failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Novak was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Dimitrov was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 8th (3-4 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Djokovic was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-1 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40).
They played 61 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Bulgarian won barely 1 point more than Novak (31-30). Dimitrov dropped 14 points on serve (18-14). On the losing side, the Serbian conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Djokovic didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0). The Serbian reinforced his lead after breaking Grigor in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Dimitrov was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The Serbian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Grigor (25-14). Novak was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). In addition, on the other side, Grigor conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-3 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander BublikBublik (6-1 4-6 7-60) – Stats and score progression
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