Aslan Karatsev shocks Tennys Sandgren 7-5 3-6 7-5 in the 1st round in St. Petersburg on Monday.
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Karatsev had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Sandgren in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Aslan to win the set as Sandgren found the way to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. Karatsev kept his cool to break Tennys in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The Russian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Tennys converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 73 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Sandgren (40-33). The Russian dropped 12 points on serve (24-12). On the other side, Tennys conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sandgren clinched in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
They played 60 points. Sandgren won 8 more points than Aslan (34-26). The American surrendered 11 points on serve (24-11). on the other side of the net, Karatsev conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Karatsev had a favorable start in this set after breaking Sandgren in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Karatsev to win the set as the American found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Russian maintained his cool to break the American in the 12th (7-5) game.
Aslan converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, the American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 15-40).
They contested 65 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Tennys (36-29). Aslan lost 10 points on serve (22-10). On the losing side, Tennys conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Aslan will add to his prize money $ 12,935 after winning this match. He has won already $ 28,905 after this win. If he wins the next match, Aslan will add $ 7,715 to his earnings to get in total $ 36,620 in total.
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At the end of the match, Karatsev scored 102 points vs. Tennys’s 96.
Karatsev served pretty well to win 83% of the points (48/58) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 37% points (13/35) on his second serve. The Russian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, Sandgren was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Karatsev and Sandgren is 1-0 for Aslan.
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