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French Open Update: Novak Djokovic Upset in 3rd Round

by Abe Luciano on Saturday, May 30th, 2009

French Open Update Novak Djokovic Upset in 3rd Round: The latest victim to fall in the French Open at Roland Garros is 4th seeded, Novak Djokovic of Serbia.

In the third round, Djokovic was upset in straight sets — 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 — by 29th seeded, Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

Going into this match, Novak Djokovic [-1600 ML] had been listed as the French Open Betting Odds third round favorite against the underdog, Philipp Kohlschreiber [+800 ML].

The German will move on to the fourth round to take on the winner of the match between 16th seeded, (ESP) Tommy Robredo vs. (ARG) Maximo Gonzalez .

From the start of the match, Djokovic just didn’t look right. The Serb looked flat, as fatigue could have played a huge factor. In the end, the numbers tell the whole story:

                                         Kohlschreiber (GER)        Djokovic (SRB)
1st Serve %:                     65 of 98 = 66 %                58 of 90 = 64 %
Unforced Errors:               22                                    38
Winning % on 1st Serve:   42 of 65 = 65 %              38 of 58 = 66 %
Winning % on 2nd Serve:  21 of 33 = 64 %              13 of 32 = 41 %
Winners:                            24                                    27
Receiving Points Won:       39 of 90 = 43 %              35 of 98 = 36 %
Break Point Conversions:   5 of 10 = 50 %                2 of 6 = 33 %
Net Approaches:                9 of 16 = 56 %                7 of 15 = 47 %
Total Points Won:               102                                 86
 

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