Stefan Kozlov upsets Blaz Rola 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Las Vegas Challenger on Tuesday. Kozlov will engage against Alexander Ritschard in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Kozlov conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
Stefan won the set after he broke Rola 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Slovenian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, the American kept the focus before winning the set 6-3.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Kozlov scored 63 points vs. the Slovenian’s 47 points.
The American served pretty well to win 78% of the points (29/37) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 45% points (9/20) on his second serve. Stefan was great in converting all the break points (4/4). On the other side, Blaz was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kozlov and Rola is 2-1.
Next Match: Stefan Kozlov vs. Alexander Ritschard – stats
Kozlov will come up against Ritschard in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Stefan Kozlov and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Darian KingKing (6-75 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Nicola KuhnKuhn (7-68 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis – Jack SockSock (7-67 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Roy SmithSmith (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Donald YoungYoung (7-69 7-5) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Kevin KingKing (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool (6-2 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Michael RedlickiRedlicki – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – See H2H details
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – See H2H details
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Jc AragoneAragone (0-0) – See H2H details
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – See H2H details
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – See H2H details
- Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – See H2H details