Novak Djokovic prevails over Holger Rune 7-6(4) 6-7(1) 6-3 in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday. Djokovic will play against Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal. The epic lasted 8 hours and 18 minutes. Djokovic 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, Djokovic scored 111 points vs. the Dane’s 106.
Djokovic
Novak fired 10 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Serbian was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Rune
On the other side, Rune was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Rune is 3-2 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Djokovic will come up against Alcaraz in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Djokovic and Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 5-7 7-67 7-64 in the final in Cincinnati back in August 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Novak conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Serbian 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 contested 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, Djokovic won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Rune (46-47). The Serbian conceded 16 points on serve (26-16). In addition, on the other side, Rune conceded 20 points on serve (31-20).
Djokovic didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Rune to win the set as Novak managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game.
Holger was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Djokovic was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 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. The Dane conceded 14 points on serve (22-14). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 19 points on serve (27-19).
Djokovic had a strong start of this set after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Djokovic to win the set since Rune managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Serbian kept his cool to break Rune in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Serbian 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 contested 42 points. Novak won 6 points more than the Dane (24-18). Djokovic conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the court, the Dane conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Holger RuneRune (6-2 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Taylor FritzFritz (6-3 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-73 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Holger RuneRune (7-64 6-71 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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