In a battle of former world no.1 Novak Djokovic wins against Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3) 7-6(2) in the final in Paris on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 52 minutes. This is the first time that Novak conquered this tournament. The only top tournament he didn’t manage to win in his immense career. His best result in this event so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 101 points vs. Alcaraz’s 90.
Djokovic
The Serbian served extremely well to win 78% of the points (54/69) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (12/24) on his second serve. The Serbian wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the tiebreaks.
Alcaraz
On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Alcaraz is 4-3 for Novak.
This was the 99th career title for Novak. (see list of titles and finals). The Spaniard remains with 16th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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The Serbian won the set after he broke Carlos .
The Serbian missed the chance to break Carlos in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Serbian was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Carlos was unable to convert any of his 8 break points. He had 8 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 113 points. It’s worth to point out that, Djokovic won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Carlos (55-58). Djokovic conceded 20 points on serve (33-20). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 22 points on serve (38-22).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Djokovic had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Novak won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Carlos won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Novak wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 73 points. Djokovic conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Alcaraz (42-31). Djokovic surrendered 7 points on serve (28-7). on the other side of the net, Carlos conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).