PRAGUE CHALLENGER. Sumit Nagal topples Lehecka in the 3rd round

Sumit Nagal downs Jiri Lehecka 5-7 7-6⁴ 6-3 in the 3^rd round in the Prague Challenger on Wednesday. Nagal will play against Stan Wawrinka in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

The Czech won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Jiri broke back in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th () game to win the set 7-5.

Nagal had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.

The Czech converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10^th (4-5 15-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Nagal was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5^th game (2-2 40-A).

They played 80 points. The Czech won 6 more points than Sumit (43-37). Jiri dropped 18 points on serve (30-18). On the losing side, Sumit conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

Nagal conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Lehecka in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Indian to win the set as Jiri succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game. Nagal maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Indian won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (3-1), 8^th (5-3), 9^th (6-3) and 11^th (7-4) point. On the other side, Lehecka won 3 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 7^th (3-4) and 10^th (4-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-c

Nagal converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7^th game (2-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Czech converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 30-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 40-A).

They contested 84 points. It’s worth to point out that, Sumit won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Lehecka (40-44). Sumit lost 23 points on serve (25-23). On the other side, Lehecka conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).

Nagal commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Lehecka in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Nagal to win the set because the Czech found the way to break back in the 7^th (2-5) game.

An important stage of this set was when Sumit won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Nagal converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40), the 4^th (3-0 0-40) and the 6^th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7^th game (1-5 15-40).

They played 45 points. Sumit was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Lehecka (30-15). The Indian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the losing side, Jiri conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

Nagal will add to his prize money € 1,530 after winning this match. He has won already € 3,710 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sumit will add € 2,660 to his earnings to earn € 6,370 in total.

Match Statistics

Nagal

Lehecka

5-7 7-6⁴ 6-3

108

108

Total points

102

102

53

53

Winners

39

39

49%

49%

Ratio Winners

38%

38%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

2

2

9

9

Double Faults

3

3

70%

70%

1st in

57%

57%

75%

75%

1st won

63%

63%

53/71

53/71

1st won

39/62

39/62

29%

29%

2nd won

50%

50%

9/31

9/31

2nd won

23/46

23/46

-- Break Points --

5/11

5/11

Total

5/8

5/8

45%

45%

Won

63%

63%

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At the end of the match, the Indian scored 108 points vs. Jiri’s 102.

Nagal served pretty well to win 75% of the points (53/71) behind his first serve. However he won only 29% points (9/31) on his second serve. Nagal won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Czech was effective at converting 63% of the break points that he conquered points (5/8). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Nagal and Lehecka is 1-0 for Sumit.

Draw and next match H2H: Sumit Nagal vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats

Nagal will square off with Wawrinka in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Sumit Nagal and Stan Wawrinka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger

• Sumit NagalNagal – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (5-7 7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-1 1-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Yannick MadenMaden (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – Stats and score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Oscar OtteOtte (3-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Tomas MachacMachac (4-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-6³ 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats