Novak Djokovic too good for Taylor Fritz 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in Cincinnati on Friday after playing a superlative match to come up against Alexander Zverev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 1 minute. Novak won this tournament twice in 2018 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Serbian added to his prize money $ 138,355 after winning this match. He has already won $ 304,375 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Novak will add $ 252,255 to his earnings to get in total $ 556,630.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Fritz Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 53 points vs. Fritz’s 31.
Djokovic
The Serbian served very well to win 81% of the points (21/26) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (9/14) on his second serve. Djokovic was fantastic in converting all the break points (5/5).
Fritz
On the other side, Taylor was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Fritz is 7-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Djokovic will compete against Zverev in the semifinal.
This will be the 12th time that Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 7-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Zverev won 6-4 6-3 in the final in London back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
This set was a no-contest because Novak conceded no games to Taylor before winning the set 6-0.
Novak failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 30.
Novak was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, Fritz wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1–6 30-40).
They played 38 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the American (26-12). Djokovic lost 7 points on serve (14-7). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
Djokovic had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Taylor Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0). The Serbian reinforced his lead after breaking the American in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set.
Taylor couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.
The Serbian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Taylor (27-19). Djokovic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, Fritz conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor FritzFritz (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-1 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Max PurcellPurcell (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (4-7) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-0) – H2H details and stats
