Novak Djokovic obliterates Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Miami on Friday after playing a fantastic match to play Jakub Mensik in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. The Serbian 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 $ 265,730 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 597,890 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 526,490 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,124,380 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov Miami Open – Miami
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Novak scored 54 points vs. Grigor’s 34.
Djokovic
The Serbian served very well to win 79% of the points (31/39) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 33% points (2/6) on his second serve. The Serbian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Dimitrov
On the other side, the Bulgarian was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Dimitrov is 13-1 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Jakub Mensik – stats
Djokovic will face Mensik in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Jakub Mensik play 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 took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Djokovic found the way to come back to break Dimitrov 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Djokovic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Grigor was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Novak converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, Dimitrov converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 46 points. The Serbian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Grigor (30-16). Djokovic lost 8 points on serve (17-8). In addition, on the other side, Grigor conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).
Djokovic conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for the Serbian to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
The Serbian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Grigor (24-18). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Grigor conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Jakub MensikMensik – Taylor FritzFritz (7-64 4-6 7-64)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 6-3)
