‘I’m on trajectory’ asserts Djokovic after dominant win
Novak Djokovic is into the Rome quarter-finals after an apparently routine win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Novak Djokovic dispatched the younger Spaniard for the lack of simply three video games, profitable 6-2, 6-1 in 70 minutes.
“I believed I performed effectively,” Djokovic stated in his post-match interview. “He began effectively and broke my serve within the first recreation.
“I made some errors, however I managed to interrupt again straight away and set up the management and consistency on the court docket. I believe from the again of the court docket I used to be only a bit extra strong than him.”
Davidovich Fokina was weak behind each serves, profitable simply 46% of factors off of his first serve and a fair decrease price of 41% behind his second serve. As such, Djokovic took 5 of the 10 break level probabilities offered to him.
“He made some unforced errors and double faults in key moments, which clearly helped me get that essential break ahead,” Djokovic added.
“I believed I performed higher, at the least 20 or 30 per cent higher, than I did towards [Taylor] Fritz a number of days in the past. I’m on trajectory and hopefully tomorrow can be even higher.”
Djokovic will face world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas within the quarter-finals.
“My subsequent match can be towards a High 10 participant, so it’ll be a battle,” Djokovic stated concerning the matchup. “Tsitsipas gained Monte Carlo and I’m clearly going to do my finest to win that match.”
(Photograph credit score Ray Giubilo)