Novak Djokovic tops Fritz in the semifinal – SHANGHAI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Djokovic wins against Fritz

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Luke Meyer
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Novak Djokovic beats Taylor Fritz 6-4 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Shanghai on Saturday. Djokovic will face Jannik Sinner in the final. Novak won this tournament 4 times in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Djokovic
Shanghai
Djokovic's Record

Novak added to his prize money $ 260,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 585,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 515,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,100,000 in total.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Fritz Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Fritz
Novak Djokovic
6-4 7-66
Taylor Fritz
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After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Fritz is 10-0 for Novak.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Djokovic will play Sinner in the final.

This will be the 8th time that Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner play each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but Sinner has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Sinner won 6-1 6-2 6-76 6-3 in the semifinal in Melbourne back in January 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Djokovic 6-4
DjokovicFritz
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
DjokovicFritz
6
4
15
0
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0
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0
40
15
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5
4
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0
40
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5
3
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0
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4
3
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4
2
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0
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3
2
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2
2
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A

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Serbian grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).

The Serbian wasted a good opportunity to break Fritz in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Djokovic converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Novak won just 2 points more than the American (31-29). The Serbian dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (23-11).

2nd Set -
Djokovic 7-6
DjokovicFritz
7
6
F
0
1
D
1
1
D
2
1
F
2
2
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2
3
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2
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3
4
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3
5
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5
5
D
5
6
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6
6
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6
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8
6
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6
6
0
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0
30
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5
6
0
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5
5
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40
0
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4
5
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4
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A
40
DjokovicFritz
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4
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40
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A
DjokovicFritz
3
3
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40
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40
DjokovicFritz
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40
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2
2
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2
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DjokovicFritz
1
1
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15

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Djokovic won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Djokovic won 4 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Fritz won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 11th (6-5) point.

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

Djokovic was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Djokovic saved 3 set points when he was 3-5, 4-5 and 5-6 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Fritz was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 95 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the American (51-44). Djokovic lost 13 points on serve (31-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Taylor conceded 20 points on serve (31-20).

1st
Djokovic
Fritz
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Djokovic
Fritz
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

  • Jannik SinnerSinner – Tomas MachacMachac (6-4 7-5)
  • Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 7-6(6))

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