Novak Djokovic dispatches Holger Rune 7-6(4) 6-7(1) 6-3 in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday. Djokovic will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jannik Sinner and Stefanos Tsitsipasin the Round Robin. The epic lasted 3 hours and 4 minutes. The Serbian won this tournament 5 times in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Holger Rune Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 111 points vs. Holger’s 106.
Djokovic
Novak blasted 10 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Serbian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Rune
On the other side, Rune was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Rune is 3-2 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Djokovic will fight against Sinner in the Round Robin.
This will be the 4th time that Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Djokovic won 6-3 6-4 7-64 in the semifinal in Wimbledon back in July 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Djokovic broke back in the 6th (3-3) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 40-A). On the other side, Holger converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Serbian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Dane (46-47). Djokovic surrendered 16 points on serve (26-16). on the other side of the court, the Dane conceded 20 points on serve (31-20).
Djokovic commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd
game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Holger to win the set because Novak managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game.Holger was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Novak was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 82 points. This set was so close that, The Dane won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Rune conceded 14 points on serve (22-14
). on the other side of the net, Djokovic conceded 19 points on serve (27-19).Djokovic was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more to do for Novak to win the set because the Dane managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Novak kept his cool to break the Dane in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Rune was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40).
They played 42 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Rune (24-18). Djokovic surrendered 6 points on serve (13-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Dane conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Holger RuneRune (7-64 6-71 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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