Novak Djokovic defeats Lucas Pouille 7-6(2) 6-1 in the quarter in Cincinnati on Saturday. Djokovic will seek to keep on going in this event against Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Djokovic won the breaker at 2.
2nd set.
Djokovic conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Pouille in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Djokovic extended his lead after breaking Pouille in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Statistics
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Pouille is 3-0 for Novak.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Lucas Pouille Western Southern Open – Cincinnati
Next Match: Novak Djokovic vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Djokovic will square off with Medvedev in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Medvedev won 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the quarter in Carlo back in April 2019.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- David GoffinDavid – Yoshihito NishiokaYoshihito (w/o) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevDaniil – Andrey RublevAndrey (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetRichard – Roberto Bautista AgutRoberto (7-62 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicNovak – Lucas PouilleLucas (7-6(2) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicNovak – Daniil MedvedevDaniil (3-1) – See H2H details
- Richard GasquetRichard – David GoffinDavid (1-1) – See H2H details
