Novak Djokovic motors past Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Paris on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to face off with Lorenzo Musetti or Gael Monfils in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 3 times in 2016, 2021 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Novak added to his prize money € 48,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 158,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add € 92,000 to his earnings to get in total € 250,000 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena French Open – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 92 points vs. Carballes Baena’s 59.
Djokovic
Djokovic was pretty focused in converting 58% of the break points that he conquered (7/12).
Carballes Baena
On the other side, the Spaniard was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Carballes Baena is 3-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti or Gael Monfils – stats
Djokovic will fight against either Lorenzo Musetti or Gael Monfils in the 3rd round. The head to head is 4-1 vs. Lorenzo Musetti and 19-1 vs. Gael Monfils.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Novak succeeded in coming back to break the Spaniard in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Djokovic was unable to break Roberto in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Djokovic converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Carballes Baena was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They played 59 points. Djokovic won 7 points more than Roberto (33-26). The Serbian conceded 10 points on serve (18-10). on the other side of the court, Carballes Baena conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Djokovic had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, there was more to do for Novak to win the set since the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. The Serbian kept his focus to break the Spaniard in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
There was an important spell in this set when Djokovic won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Djokovic converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). Also, on the other side, Carballes Baena converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 42 points. Novak conquered the set after winning 12 more points than the Spaniard (27-15). Novak surrendered 10 points on serve (15-10). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
Djokovic conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 1st game (1-0). The Serbian reinforced his lead after breaking Roberto in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Serbian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Carballes Baena (32-18). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
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