Novak Djokovic grounds Roman Safiullin 6-3 6-2 in the 4th round in Shanghai on Wednesday after playing an impressive match to fight against Jakub Mensik in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. The Serbian won this tournament 4 times in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Djokovic added to his prize money $ 84,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 140,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Roman Safiullin Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:13
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 58 points vs. Roman’s 36.
Djokovic
Djokovic served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (29/33) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (9/18) on his second serve. Novak was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Safiullin
On the other side, Roman wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Safiullin is 3-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Jakub Mensik – stats
Djokovic will face Mensik in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Serbian snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Safiullin was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Novak converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Roman was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 57 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Roman (34-23). The Serbian conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Djokovic was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Roman Safiullin in the 2nd game (2-0). Novak to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
The Serbian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 37 points. The Serbian won 11 more points than Safiullin (24-13). Djokovic lost 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 7 points on serve (8-7).
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-63 6-3)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 7-61)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Tommy PaulPaul (3-6 6-4 6-3)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-3 3-6 6-4)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Holger RuneRune (6-1 6-2)
- David GoffinGoffin – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-4 7-5)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 6-2)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – David GoffinGoffin (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-7) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H details and stats
