Novak Djokovic ousts Rinky Hijikata 6-0 7-6(1) in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday. Djokovic will fight against Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 6 times in 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Novak added to his prize money $ 25,180 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 60,440 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 42,785 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,225 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Rinky Hijikata Miami Open – Miami
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:19
At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 68 points vs. Hijikata’s 44.
Djokovic
Novak served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (33/39) behind his first serve, and he won 80% points (8/10) on his second serve. Djokovic won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Hijikata
On the other side, Rinky wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Hijikata is 2-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli – stats
Djokovic will play Ugo Carabelli in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Camilo Ugo Carabelli since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
This set was a no-contest since Novak conceded no games to Rinky before winning the set 6-0.
Novak failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 15.
Djokovic converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Novak conquered the set after winning 18 points more than Rinky (32-14). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Rinky conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Novak had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-1.
The Serbian missed the chance to break the Australian in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Djokovic won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
Novak was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Rinky was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 66 points. The Serbian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Hijikata (36-30). Novak was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (24-4). In addition, on the other side, Hijikata conceded 12 points on serve (26-12).
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