Novak Djokovic topples Sebastian Korda 6-3 7-6(4) in the quarter in Miami on Thursday. Djokovic will seek to keep on going in this event against Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament 6 times in 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Djokovic added to his prize money $ 143,085 after winning this match. He has already won $ 332,160 up to now in this event. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 265,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 597,890.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Sebastian Korda Miami Open – Miami
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 64 points vs. Sebastian’s 51.
Djokovic
Djokovic served very well to win 84% of the points (41/49) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (6/10) on his second serve. Novak struck 11 aces without committing any double fault. The Serbian was remarkable in converting all the break points (2/2).
Korda
On the other side, The American was remarkable in converting the only break point that he converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Korda is 2-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Djokovic will face Dimitrov in the semifinal.
This will be the 14th time that Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 12-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 5-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in London Queens Club back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Novak grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
The American was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Korda (30-20). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3
). On the losing side, Korda conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).Djokovic had a strong start of this set after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the Serbian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Sebastian in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Novak won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 11th (7-4) point.
The Serbian won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They played 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Novak won just 3 points more than Korda (34-31). Novak surrendered 9 points on serve (27-9). In addition, on the other side, Korda conceded 7 points on serve (22-7).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Jakub MensikMensik – Arthur FilsFils (7-65 6-1)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 7-64)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 6-77 7-5)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-76 6-4 7-63)
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (12-1) – H2H details and stats