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

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.

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

7-6³ 4-6 6-2
6-3
3h:45

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 1^st Serve

198

198

163

163

AVG 2^nd 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 7^th 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 had an good ride in the last 2 sets to drop 3 games after winning 49 points vs. Sinner’s 36 points.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor FritzFritz (7-6³ 4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jannik SinnerSinner (4-2) – H2H details and stats
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (4-3) – H2H details and stats