Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida overcomes Orlando Luz 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Sao Paulo Challenger on Thursday in what was an all-Brazilian match. Pucinelli De Almeida will face off with Joao Menezes in the quarter.
Live score progression and stats
Luz had a favorable start in this set after breaking Pucinelli De Almeida in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, matheus found the way to come back to break Luz 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Pucinelli De Almeida converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Luz converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 78 points. Matheus was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Luz (43-35). Pucinelli De Almeida surrendered 17 points on serve (23-17). on the other side of the court, Orlando conceded 20 points on serve (18-20).
Luz in this set played at a much higher level than matheus and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Pucinelli De Almeida in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
They played 48 points. Orlando was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Pucinelli De Almeida (29-19). Orlando lost 6 points on serve (16-6). On the other side, matheus conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that matheus conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Matheus was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Matheus won 5 points more than Luz (27-22). Pucinelli De Almeida surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the court, Orlando conceded 5 points on serve (13-5).
Pucinelli De Almeida will add to his prize money $ 600 after managing to win this match. He has won already $ 1,460 after this win. If he wins the next match, Pucinelli De Almeida will add $ 1,050 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,510 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 89 points vs. Orlando’s 86.
Pucinelli De Almeida was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7). On the other side, Luz was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Pucinelli De Almeida and Luz is 1-0 for Matheus.
Draw and next match H2H: Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida vs. Joao Menezes – stats
Pucinelli De Almeida will play Menezes in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida and Joao Menezes since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
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- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Orlando LuzLuz (6-4 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Christian LindellLindell (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-65 6-74 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (7-64 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H details and stats