Renzo Olivo surprises Martin Klizan 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Prague II Challenger on Monday. Olivo will seek to keep on going in this event against Sebastian Ofner in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
The Argentine clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Renzo broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.
The Argentine was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Martin converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 62 points. The Argentine won 8 points more than Klizan (35-27). Olivo dropped 12 points on serve (22-12). on the other side of the court, the Slovakian conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
The Argentine won the set after he broke the Slovakian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Slovakian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, the Argentine stayed solid to conquer the set 7-5.
There was an important spell in this set when Olivo won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
Olivo converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Slovakian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).
They played 67 points. Olivo was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Martin (36-31). Olivo lost 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, Martin conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
Olivo will add to his prize money € 860 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Olivo scored 71 points vs. Martin’s 58.
Renzo was well focused in converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6). On the other side, Klizan was effective at converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Olivo and Klizan is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Renzo Olivo vs. Sebastian Ofner – stats
Olivo will take on Ofner in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Renzo Olivo and Sebastian Ofner play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Ofner won 6-3 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Kitzbuhel back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (1-6 7-67 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Oscar OtteOtte (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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- Jay ClarkeClarke – Daniel MasurMasur (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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