Novak Djokovic beats Ben Shelton 6-3 6-2 7-6(4) in the semifinal in New York on Friday. Djokovic will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Daniil Medvedev in the final. The match lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. Novak won this tournament 3 times in 2011, 2015 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Serbian added to his prize money $ 725,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 1,500,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Novak will add $ 1,500,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 3,000,000 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Ben Shelton U.S. Open – New York
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At the end of the match, Novak scored 112 points vs. Shelton’s 89.
Djokovic
Djokovic served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (56/67) behind his first serve. However he won only 34% points (11/32) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, Shelton had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Shelton is 1-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Djokovic will take on Medvedev in the final.
This will be the 15th time that Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev play each other. The head to head is 9-5 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-3 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Medvedev won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Dubai back in March 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Serbian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Novak was unable to break Shelton in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Novak converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 51 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the American (31-20). Djokovic conceded 5 points on serve (21-5). On the losing side, the American conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Djokovic in this set played much better tennis than the American and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The American was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Serbian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the American (31-24). Djokovic dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
Djokovic conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Ben Shelton in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Serbian to win the set because Ben succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game. The Serbian kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Djokovic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
Djokovic won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Shelton won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.
Djokovic won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Novak converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (3-1 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 95 points. Djokovic won 5 points more than Ben (50-45). The Serbian conceded 20 points on serve (30-20). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 20 points on serve (25-20).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 6-2 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (7-63 6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (5-9) – H2H details and stats
