Novak Djokovic def. Lucas Pouille — Semifinal, Australian Open 2019
Grand SlamHardMelbourne, Australia14 – 27 Jan
🇷🇸1 seedWon
Winner meets Rafael Nadal
Straight sets
25 Jan 2019
🇫🇷28 seed
Lucas Pouille022
Points earned
+1300
Djokovic · Pouille banks 780
Around this match
The other semifinal
Rafael Nadal d. Stefanos Tsitsipas6-2 6-4 6-0
Seeds left
4 of 31 — nos. 1, 2, 14, 28
Both roads here
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🇺🇸Mitchell Krueger
6-3 6-2 6-2
Mikhail Kukushkin🇰🇿
6-1 7-5 6-4
🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6-3 7-5 6-4
Maximilian Marterer🇩🇪
7-6(8) 7-6(8) 5-7 6-4
🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov
6-3 6-4 4-6 6-0
Alexei Popyrin🇦🇺
7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(10) 4-6 6-3
🇷🇺Daniil Medvedev
6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3
Borna Coric🇭🇷
6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 7-6(2)
🇯🇵Kei Nishikori
6-1 4-1 RET
Milos Raonic🇨🇦
7-6(4) 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4
Novak Djokovic and Lucas Pouille reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 128: Novak Djokovic beat Mitchell Krueger; Lucas Pouille beat Mikhail Kukushkin. Round of 64: Novak Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga; Lucas Pouille beat Maximilian Marterer. Round of 32: Novak Djokovic beat Denis Shapovalov; Lucas Pouille beat Alexei Popyrin. Round of 16: Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev; Lucas Pouille beat Borna Coric. Quarterfinal: Novak Djokovic beat Kei Nishikori; Lucas Pouille beat Milos Raonic
How they arrived
derived from those scorelines
14–2
Sets won
15–5
65%
Games won
55%
0–1
Tiebreaks
5–3
0
Deciding sets
1
Novak Djokovic left, Lucas Pouilleright. Longer isn't always better — a deciding set is a harder week, not a worse player.