Novak Djokovic defeats Rublev in the semifinal to collide vs Dimitrov. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – PARIS RESULTS

ROLEX PARIS MASTERS - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Djokovic overcomes Rublev to take on Grigor Dimitrov in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Andrey Rublev

Novak Djokovic gets by Andrey Rublev 5-7 7-6(3) 7-5 in the semifinal in Paris on Saturday. Djokovic is going to play against Grigor Dimitrov in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 1 minute. Djokovic won this tournament 6 times in 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Djokovic
Paris
Djokovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money € 220,890 after winning this match. He has already won € 487,420 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add € 405,170 to his earnings to get in total € 892,590 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Andrey Rublev Rolex Paris Masters – Paris

Djokovic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Rublev
Novak Djokovic
5-7 7-63 7-5
3h:01
Andrey Rublev
117
117
Total points
113
113
58
58
Winners
56
56
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
16
16
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
67%
67%
1st in
69%
69%
73%
73%
1st won
73%
73%
58/79
58/79
1st won
56/77
56/77
59%
59%
2nd won
57%
57%
23/39
23/39
2nd won
20/35
20/35
-- Break Points --
2/8
2/8
Total
2/6
2/6
25%
25%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Novak scored 117 points vs. the Russian’s 113.

Djokovic

The Serbian struck 17 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The Serbian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.

Rublev

On the other side, the Russian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Rublev is 5-1 for Novak.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Djokovic will compete against Dimitrov in the final.

This will be the 13th time that Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov play each other. The head to head is 11-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-3 4-6 6-1 in the 3rd round in Rome back in May 2023.

Novak Djokovic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rublev 7-5
RublevDjokovic
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
RublevDjokovic
7
5
15
0
15
15
30
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30
RublevDjokovic
6
5
15
0
15
15
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40
15
RublevDjokovic
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
RublevDjokovic
5
4
15
0
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0
40
0
RublevDjokovic
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
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40
40
A
40
40
40
A
RublevDjokovic
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
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30
40
40
A
40
RublevDjokovic
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
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40
40
40
A
RublevDjokovic
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
RublevDjokovic
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
RublevDjokovic
2
1
15
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15
RublevDjokovic
1
1
15
0
15
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15
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40
A
40
40
40
A
40
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A
40
40
A
40
RublevDjokovic
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
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40
40
A

Djokovic conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Russian refused to bow to come back to break Novak in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.

The Russian lost a big opportunity to break Djokovic in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Russian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).

They played 88 points. Andrey was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Djokovic (51-37). Rublev dropped 10 points on serve (28-10). On the losing side, Djokovic conceded 23 points on serve (27-23).

2nd Set -
Djokovic 7-6
DjokovicRublev
7
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
DjokovicRublev
7
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
2
5
3
6
3
DjokovicRublev
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
DjokovicRublev
5
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
DjokovicRublev
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DjokovicRublev
4
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
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40
DjokovicRublev
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DjokovicRublev
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
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40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
DjokovicRublev
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DjokovicRublev
2
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
DjokovicRublev
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
DjokovicRublev
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
DjokovicRublev
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Djokovic won the set after he broke Rublev .

Djokovic wasted a good opportunity to break Rublev in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Novak was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).

They played 83 points. The Serbian won 9 more points than the Russian (46-37). Novak dropped 14 points on serve (36-14). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).

3rd Set -
Djokovic 7-5
DjokovicRublev
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
DjokovicRublev
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
DjokovicRublev
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
DjokovicRublev
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
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15
40
30
DjokovicRublev
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
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30
40
DjokovicRublev
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
DjokovicRublev
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
DjokovicRublev
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
DjokovicRublev
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
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15
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30
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40
40
A
DjokovicRublev
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
DjokovicRublev
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Novak conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

The Serbian was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 61 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Rublev (34-27). Djokovic conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). On the other side, Andrey conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).

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

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