Unrelenting Novak Djokovic crushes Alcaraz in the semifinal to play vs Sinner. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – TURIN RESULTS

Novak Djokovic grounds Carlos Alcaraz 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal at the Nitto ATP Finals on Saturday after playing a superlative match to play Jannik Sinner in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 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. Carlos Alcaraz Nitto ATP Finals – Turin

Djokovic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Novak scored 64 points vs. Carlos’s 47.

Djokovic

Novak served very well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (10/18) on his second serve. Novak won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Alcaraz

On the other side, Carlos wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Alcaraz is 3-2 for Novak.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Djokovic will fight against Sinner in the final.

This will be the 5^th time that Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but Sinner leads 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Sinner won 7-5 6-7⁵ 7-6² in the R in Turin back in November 2023.

Live score progression and stats

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Djokovic snatched in the 8^th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Alcaraz was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8^th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Carlos was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1^st

game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 58 points. The Serbian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Carlos (31-27). Novak dropped 9 points on serve (23-9). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).

The Serbian in this set played at a much higher level than Alcaraz and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Carlos in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

Djokovic converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5^th (3-1 40-A) and the 7^th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Carlos was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6^th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 53 points. Djokovic won 13 more points than Alcaraz (33-20). The Serbian dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, Alcaraz conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 6-7⁴ 6-1) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jannik SinnerSinner – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (1-3) – H2H details and stats