Tallon Griekspoor victorious over Kimmer Coppejans 7-63 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Prague II Challenger on Monday. Griekspoor will square off with Sergiy Stakhovsky in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
Coppejans conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Griekspoor in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, Tallon managed to stage a great comeback to break Coppejans in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
Tallon won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Coppejans won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-c
The Dutch converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kimmer converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 91 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Dutch won just 3 more points than Kimmer (47-44). Griekspoor surrendered 22 points on serve (30-22). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belgian conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Griekspoor conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Griekspoor converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Griekspoor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Tallon conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Kimmer (27-21). Griekspoor conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, Coppejans conceded 7 points on serve (15-7).
Griekspoor will add to his prize money € 860 after winning this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Dutch will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 75 points vs. Kimmer’s 64.
Griekspoor was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6). On the other side, Kimmer had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Griekspoor and Coppejans is 6-0 for Tallon.
Draw and next match H2H: Tallon Griekspoor vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky – stats
Griekspoor will square off with Stakhovsky in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Tallon Griekspoor and Sergiy Stakhovsky since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Oscar OtteOtte (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (1-6 7-67 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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