Novak Djokovic defeats Tomas Machac 6-1 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Djokovic is going to play against Jiri Lehecka in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. Djokovic 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 $ 130,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 420,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 245,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 665,000 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac Australian Open – Melbourne
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:22
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 96 points vs. Tomas’s 70.
Djokovic
The Serbian served extremely well to win 80% of the points (41/51) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (15/28) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Machac
On the other side, Tomas was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Machac is 2-1 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats
Djokovic will fight against Lehecka in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Jiri Lehecka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic was too strong to drop barely 1 game before breaking the Czech 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Djokovic lost a big opportunity to break Tomas in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Machac was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Novak converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (4-1 0-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tomas wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 60 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Machac (35-25). Djokovic conceded 10 points on serve (18-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Tomas conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Djokovic had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Tomas Machac in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the Serbian refused to bow to come back to break Machac in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
There was an important spell in this set when Djokovic won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-2 to 4-2.
Novak converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Czech converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 56 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Tomas (33-23). Novak surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). In addition, on the other side, Tomas conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Djokovic commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Tomas Machac in the 2nd game (2-0). Tomas extended his lead after breaking Novak before winning the set (6-4).
The Serbian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Tomas (29-22). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (6-1 6-4 6-4)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jakub MensikMensik (3-6 4-6 7-67 6-4 6-2)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-3 6-4 6-4)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (4-6 7-5 6-4 1-0 ret.)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-4 6-73 6-2)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-60 6-2 6-0)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-2 6-3 6-3)
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