Novak Djokovic def. Aslan Karatsev — Semifinal, Australian Open 2021

🇦🇺
Australian Open 2021

Grand SlamHardMelbourne, Australia8 – 21 Feb

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇷🇸1 seedWon

Novak Djokovic666

Winner meets Daniil Medvedev

Straight sets

18 Feb 2021

🇷🇺

Aslan Karatsev342

What this match is worth

Points earned

+1300

Djokovic · Karatsev banks 800

Around this match

The other semifinal

Daniil Medvedev d. Stefanos Tsitsipas6-4 6-2 7-5

Title defence

Novak Djokovic still in — won it in 2020

Seeds left

3 of 15 nos. 1, 4, 5

Both roads here

from the draw this page already loads

Djokovic
Round
Karatsev

🇫🇷Jeremy Chardy

6-3 6-1 6-2

R128

Gianluca Mager🇮🇹

6-3 6-3 6-4

🇺🇸Frances Tiafoe

6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(2) 6-3

R64

Egor Gerasimov🇧🇾

6-0 6-1 6-0

🇺🇸Taylor Fritz

7-6(1) 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2

R32

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman🇦🇷

6-3 6-3 6-3

🇨🇦Milos Raonic

7-6(4) 4-6 6-1 6-4

R16

Felix Auger Aliassime🇨🇦

3-6 1-6 6-3 6-3 6-4

🇩🇪Alexander Zverev

6-7(6) 6-2 6-4 7-6(6)

QF

Grigor Dimitrov🇧🇬

2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2

Novak Djokovic and Aslan Karatsev reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 128: Novak Djokovic beat Jeremy Chardy; Aslan Karatsev beat Gianluca Mager. Round of 64: Novak Djokovic beat Frances Tiafoe; Aslan Karatsev beat Egor Gerasimov. Round of 32: Novak Djokovic beat Taylor Fritz; Aslan Karatsev beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman. Round of 16: Novak Djokovic beat Milos Raonic; Aslan Karatsev beat Felix Auger Aliassime. Quarterfinal: Novak Djokovic beat Alexander Zverev; Aslan Karatsev beat Grigor Dimitrov

How they arrived

derived from those scorelines

15–5

Sets won

15–3

58%

Games won

64%

4–2

Tiebreaks

0–0

1

Deciding sets

1

Novak Djokovic left, Aslan Karatsevright. Longer isn't always better — a deciding set is a harder week, not a worse player.

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