Novak Djokovic aces Fritz in the quarter to set up a clash vs Sinner at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Djokovic hustles Fritz to compete against Jannik Sinner in the semifinal

Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Fritz

Novak Djokovic conquers Taylor Fritz 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Melbourne on Tuesday. Djokovic will face off with Jannik Sinner in the semifinal. The battle lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes. 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.

Djokovic
Melbourne
Djokovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money $ 390,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 990,000 so far in this competition. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 735,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,725,000.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Fritz Australian Open – Melbourne

Djokovic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Fritz
148
148
Total points
121
121
59
59
Winners
59
59
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
26
26
Unforced
39
39
40%
40%
Ratio Unforced
60%
60%
13/20
13/20
Net Approaches
19/29
19/29
65%
65%
Perc
66%
66%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
16
16
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
63%
63%
1st in
58%
58%
82%
82%
1st won
66%
66%
59/72
59/72
1st won
59/90
59/90
58%
58%
2nd won
48%
48%
25/43
25/43
2nd won
31/64
31/64
204
204
Fastest serve
215
215
192
192
AVG 1st Serve
198
198
163
163
AVG 2nd Serve
163
163
-- Break Points --
4/21
4/21
Total
2/6
2/6
19%
19%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 148 points vs. Fritz’s 121.

Djokovic

Novak served very well to win 82% of the points (59/72) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (25/43) on his second serve. Novak blasted 20 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Djokovic won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 19% (4/21) of the procured opportunities.

Fritz

On the other side, Fritz was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33%2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Fritz is 9-0 for Novak.

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

Djokovic will come up against Sinner in the semifinal.

This will be the 7th time that Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner fight against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Novak Djokovic Draw info

Novak had an good ride in the last 2 sets to drop 3 games after winning 49 points vs. Sinner’s 36 points.

1st
Djokovic
Fritz
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
2nd
Djokovic
Fritz
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
3rd
Djokovic
Fritz
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
4th
Djokovic
Fritz
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
5th
Djokovic
Fritz
0-0
 

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