Novak Djokovic prevails over Alex Michelsen 7-6(3) 7-6(9) in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 4 times in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Djokovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money $ 24,600 after winning this match. He has already won $ 59,100 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 41,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,000 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Alex Michelsen Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Michelsen
7-63 7-69
1h:55
87
87
Total points
75
75
40
40
Winners
43
43
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
57%
57%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
10
10
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
68%
68%
1st in
69%
69%
77%
77%
1st won
73%
73%
40/52
40/52
1st won
43/59
43/59
63%
63%
2nd won
41%
41%
15/24
15/24
2nd won
11/27
11/27
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
2/5
2/5
29%
29%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Novak scored 87 points vs. Michelsen’s 75.

Djokovic

Djokovic served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (40/52) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (15/24) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Michelsen

On the other side, Alex had a tough time converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Michelsen is 1-0 for Novak.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Djokovic had a racing start in this set after breaking Alex Michelsen in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Djokovic succeeded in coming back to break Alex in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set (7-6).

Djokovic converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 77 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Alex (43-34). Djokovic surrendered 11 points on serve (32-11). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 11 points on serve (23-11).

2nd Set -
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Novak won the set after he broke Alex in the 4th (3-1) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Serbian refused to give way to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 9.

Tiebreak

The Serbian won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 11th (6-5), 18th (9-9), 19th (10-9) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the American won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6) and 17th (9-8) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9

Djokovic converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). Djokovic saved 2 set points when he was 7-8 and 8-9 down. In addition on the other side, Alex converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 85 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Serbian won just 1 point more than Michelsen (43-42

). Novak surrendered 13 points on serve (24-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Michelsen conceded 19 points on serve (29-19).
1st
Djokovic
Michelsen
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Djokovic
Michelsen
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0

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