Roberto Carballes Baena topples Mohamed Safwat 6-4 1-6 6-0 in the quarter in the Campinas Challenger on Friday. Carballes Baena will have to play Daniel Elahi Galan in the semifinal.
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Carballes Baena had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Safwat in the 1st game (1-0). That break was sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.
Roberto converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Safwat wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 55 points. Roberto was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Mohamed (31-24). Carballes Baena dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). On the losing side, Safwat conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
Safwat took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Egyptian improved his lead after breaking Roberto in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Egyptian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Mohamed was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Egyptian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Safwat was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than the Spaniard (31-17). Mohamed was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Carballes Baena conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Safwat was unable to hold the serve for the entire set and Roberto won the set 6-0.
Roberto converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Egyptian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Carballes Baena was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than the Egyptian (32-16). Carballes Baena was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (13-3). on the other side of the court, Safwat conceded 19 points on serve (13-19).
The Spaniard will add to his prize money $ 1,050 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 2,510 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Roberto will add $ 1,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 4,240.
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At the end of the match, Roberto scored 81 points vs. the Egyptian’s 72.
The Spaniard won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Mohamed was struggling when converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Carballes Baena and Safwat is 2-0 for Roberto.
Draw and next match H2H: Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniel Elahi Galan – stats
Carballes Baena will compete against Elahi Galan in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Daniel Elahi Galan face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Elahi Galan (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Elahi Galan won 7-66 6-2 in the quarter in Lima Challenger back in November 2020.
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- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-4 1-6 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H details and stats