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Novak Djokovic #6 def. Joao Sousa #67

6-3 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-4 6-3
Loser	Joao Sousa
Duration	2h

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Joao Sousa
Aces	9	4
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	67	54
First serve points won %	78	70
Second serve points won %	56	41
Break points saved %	0	17
Break points converted %	83	100
Service points won %	71	56
Return points won %	44	29
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Joao Sousa
Country	SRB	POR
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Mar 30, 1989
Age	31	29
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	67
Ranking points (entering)	4,445	816
Elo (entering)	2,283	1,772
Career W-L	1,122–223	189–247
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$8,340,548

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 4 – 0 Joao Sousa

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Tennys Sandgren	6-1 6-3 6-7(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Marton Fucsovics	6-3 3-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	John Millman	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Joao Sousa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Lucas Pouille	7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Pablo Carreno Busta	4-6 6-3 5-7 6-2 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Marcel Granollers	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data