Stan Wawrinka defeats Sumit Nagal 2-6 6-0 6-1 in the quarter in the Prague Challenger on Thursday. Wawrinka will face off with Michael Vrbensky in the semifinal.
The Swiss was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 1 game in the last 2 sets after winning 49 points vs. Nagal’s 18 points.
Score, report, and key facts
Nagal had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Wawrinka in the 1st game (1-0). The Indian managed to boost his lead after breaking Wawrinka in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Sumit was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, the Indian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 63 points. Sumit won 9 points more than Wawrinka (36-27). Sumit surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Wawrinka conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
This set was completely one-sided because the Swiss conceded no games to the Indian before winning the set 6-0.
Stan converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Wawrinka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 30 points. The Swiss won 18 points more than Nagal (24-6). Wawrinka was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Sumit conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).
Wawrinka had a racing start in this set after breaking Nagal in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Wawrinka improved his lead after breaking the Indian in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
A crucial moment of this set was when Wawrinka won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Wawrinka was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Stan didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. Wawrinka was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Sumit (25-12). Stan was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Nagal conceded 9 points on serve (8-9).
The Swiss will add to his prize money € 2,660 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 6,370 till now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Wawrinka will add € 4,400 to his earnings to get in total € 10,770.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Wawrinka scored 76 points vs. Sumit’s 54.
Wawrinka served pretty well to win 78% of the points (32/41) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (15/29) on his second serve. Wawrinka was pretty good at converting 83% of the break points that he procured (5/6). On the other side, Nagal was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Wawrinka and Nagal is 1-0 for Stan.
Draw and next match H2H: Stan Wawrinka vs. Michael Vrbensky – stats
Wawrinka will compete against Vrbensky in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Stan Wawrinka and Michael Vrbensky since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- 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
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-5 5-7 6-3) – 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
