Novak Djokovic gets the better of Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-3 7-6(2) in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Djokovic will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Ben Shelton or Adrian Mannarino in the 4th round. The Serbian won this tournament 10 times in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Serbian added to his prize money $ 120,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 375,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 225,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry Australian Open – Melbourne
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Etcheverry is 3-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Ben Shelton or Adrian Mannarino – stats
Djokovic will fight against either Ben Shelton or Adrian Mannarino in the 4th round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Ben Shelton and 4-0 vs. Adrian Mannarino.
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 grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Novak converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 62 points. Novak won 8 points more than Etcheverry (35-27). Novak was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, Etcheverry conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
The Serbian won the set after he broke the Argentine in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Novak failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
The Serbian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Djokovic won 12 more points than Tomas Martin (30-18
). Novak dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Tomas Martin conceded 10 points on serve (12-10 ).Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Novak had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Novak won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Tomas Martin won a minibreak in the 4th (1-3) point.
The Serbian won the tiebreak 7-2 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, 6-2, 7-2
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 74 points. Novak was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the Argentine (39-35). Novak lost 9 points on serve (25-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Tomas Martin conceded 14 points on serve (26-14).
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