Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves defeats Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in the Sao Paulo Challenger on Saturday in what was an all-Brazilian contest. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Frederico Ferreira Silva in the final.
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Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Sakamoto in the 1st game (1-0). Felipe managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Sakamoto in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Felipe converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Felipe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Pedro (33-20). Felipe conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, Pedro conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Felipe conquered in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually managing to win the set (6-4).
Felipe converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Sakamoto was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 62 points. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Sakamoto (34-28). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Sakamoto conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will add to his prize money $ 1,730 after winning this match. He has won already $ 4,240 after this win. If he wins the next match, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will add $ 2,960 to his earnings to get in total $ 7,200 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 67 points vs. Sakamoto’s 48.
Felipe won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Sakamoto wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Sakamoto is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Frederico Ferreira Silva – stats
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will compete against Ferreira Silva in the final.
There is no head to head record between Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Frederico Ferreira Silva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
