Aslan Karatsev upsets Henri Laaksonen 7-63 6-4 in the quarter in the Prague Challenger on Thursday. Karatsev is going to play against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
Aslan conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Aslan broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-3.
Tiebreak
Aslan won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Laaksonen won a minibreak in the 8th (3-5) point.
Aslan won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Karatsev converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Swiss converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 96 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 2 points more than the Swiss (49-47). The Russian surrendered 17 points on serve (30-17). on the other side of the court, Laaksonen conceded 19 points on serve (30-19).
Aslan won the set after he broke the Swiss in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Laaksonen tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Karatsev refused to give way to win the set 6-4.
Karatsev converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Henri was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 0-40).
They played 70 points. Aslan was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Henri (37-33). Karatsev surrendered 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the net, Laaksonen conceded 21 points on serve (24-21).
Aslan will add to his prize money € 2,660 after conquering this match. He has won already € 6,370 so far in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add € 4,400 to his earnings to get in total € 10,770.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 87 points vs. the Swiss’s 82.
Aslan served very well to win 76% of the points (25/33) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (20/38) on his second serve. Karatsev won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Laaksonen didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Karatsev and Laaksonen is 1-0 for Aslan.
Draw and next match H2H: Aslan Karatsev vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert – stats
Karatsev will fight against Herbert in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Pierre-Hugues Herbert since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-5 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Sumit NagalNagal (2-6 6-0 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats