Novak Djokovic entered the competition with high hopes. He was most recently declared the Wimbledon champion. With 20 grand slams to his name, he has written his name into the history books. He now aims to complete the golden slam and become only the 5th player to have achieved that milestone.
The Serbian started his first-round match on 23rd July and since that day he is looking unstoppable. With a spot in the Semifinal, he is only 2 wins away to conquer the gold medal here in Tokyo Olympics.
Today Novak faced Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles and in another match, he and his partner Stojanovic took on Germany’s Siegemund/Krawietz in the mixed doubles quarter-finals.
Let’s have a look at how Novak performed against Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals.
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Novak Djokovic v/s Kei Nishikori
Novak came into the quarter-finals to face home favorite Kei Nishikori. The Japanese, who was playing his third consecutive quarter-finals in Olympics, failed to give Novak tough competition. The Serbian showed his dominance throughout the match and won quite convincingly 6-2, 6-0.
The match was headed on by France’s Damien Dumusois. The match only lasted for about an hour. The world no 1 player did not give his opponent any chance to come back.
With this win, he has now booked his ticket for a semi-final spot. With just two wins remaining for the record time grand slam winner, it will be interesting to see how he performs in the upcoming matches.
Let us have a look at the post-match statistics.
|
SRB
DJOKOVIC Novak
|
JPN
NISHIKORI Kei
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Total aces | 3 | 0 |
| Double faults | 4 | 2 |
| Service winners | 0 | 0 |
| 1st serve | 20/42(48%) | 25/48(52%) |
| Aces on 1st serve | 3 | 0 |
| Points won on 1st serve | 17/20 | 14/25 |
| 2nd Serve | 18/22(82%) | 21/23(91%) |
| Aces on 2nd serve | 0 | 0 |
| Points won on 2nd serve | 14/18 | 6/21 |
| Total Points Won | 59 | 31 |
| Receiving points won | 28/48(58%) | 11/42(26%) |
| Breakpoints conversions | 5/10(50%) | 0/1(0%) |
| Forehand winners | 3 | 3 |
| Backhand winners | 5 | 3 |
| Forced errors | 12 | 27 |
| Unforced errors | 13 | 16 |
| Net points won | 12/13(92%) | 6/14(43%) |
With this win, he also ties up with Roger Federer for the record of most wins in the Olympics. He will now face the winner of the match that will be played against Alexander Zverev and Jeremy Chardy.
The first player – male or female – to reach three #Olympics singles semi-finals ????????@DjokerNole races past Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0 and will get a third shot at making the gold medal match after Beijing 2008 and London 2012#Tokyo2020 | #Tennis
— ITF (@ITFTennis) July 29, 2021
13-13 ????@DjokerNole ties Roger Federer for most men’s singles match-wins at the #Olympics #Tokyo2020 | #Tennis pic.twitter.com/TOMl2Lz74y
— ITF (@ITFTennis) July 29, 2021
