Novak Djokovic defeats Jaime Faria 6-1 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Djokovic will face off with Tomas Machac in the 3rd round. Novak won this tournament 10 times in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Serbian added to his prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Jaime Faria Australian Open – Melbourne
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Faria is 1-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac – stats
Djokovic will come up against Machac in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Tomas Machac face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Djokovic and Machac (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
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Djokovic was too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the Portuguese 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
The Portuguese was eclipsed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
They contested 50 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Faria (32-18). Djokovic dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, Faria conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
The Portuguese won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game, Faria broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 7-6.
A defining moment of this set was when Jaime won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 1-2 to 5-2.
Faria was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Djokovic was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40).
They contested 80 points. It’s worth to point out that, Faria won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Djokovic (38-42). Faria lost 13 points on serve (14-13). on the other side of the court, Novak conceded 24 points on serve (29-24).
Novak won the set after he broke the Portuguese .
Novak was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (6-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Faria (28-19). Novak was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Faria conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Djokovic didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Jaime Faria in the 2nd game (2-0). That was enough for Novak to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The Serbian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Portuguese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They contested 37 points. The Serbian won 9 points more than Jaime (23-14). Djokovic was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (18-4). on the other side of the net, the Portuguese conceded 5 points on serve (10-5).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-0 6-1 6-4)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jaime FariaFaria (6-1 6-74 6-3 6-2)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 3-1 ret.)
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