Alejandro Tabilo surprises Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-3 in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday after playing an extraordinary match to come up against Karen Khachanov in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes.
Alejandro added to his prize money € 36,775 after conquering this match. He has already won € 88,440 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tabilo will add € 73,555 to his earnings to get in total € 161,995 in total.
Highlights Alejandro Tabilo vs. Novak Djokovic Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Tabilo’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alejandro scored 54 points vs. the Serbian’s 40.
Tabilo
The Chilean served pretty well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (9/12) on his second serve. Alejandro was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Djokovic
On the other side, Novak wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tabilo and Djokovic is 1-0 for Alejandro.
Draw and next match H2H: Alejandro Tabilo vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Tabilo will play Khachanov in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Alejandro Tabilo and Karen Khachanov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Tabilo conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Novak Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Tabilo improved his lead after breaking Novak in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Tabilo won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Chilean converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Chilean didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Alejandro won 11 points more than Djokovic (30-19). The Chilean was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, the Serbian conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Tabilo started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Novak Djokovic in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was sufficient for Alejandro to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Alejandro was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Alejandro didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alejandro won just 3 points more than Djokovic (24-21). The Chilean dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, Novak conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Taylor FritzFritz – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 6-4)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Francesco PassaroPassaro (4-6 7-68 7-64)
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 4-6 7-66)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 6-4)
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-2 6-3)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-63 6-3)
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