Sebastian Korda downs Soon-Woo Kwon 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Delray Beach on Thursday. Korda will try to keep the momentum against Tommy Paul in the 2nd round.
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Korda had a favorable start in this set after breaking Kwon in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Korda to win the set because the Korean found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
The American was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40). On the other side, Soon-Woo converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 70 points. This set was so close that, Sebastian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Korda surrendered 20 points on serve (27-20). In addition, on the other side, Kwon conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Korda conquered in the 9th game (5-4) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
Korda converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Korean wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 40-A).
They played 68 points. Korda was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Kwon (36-32). Sebastian surrendered 14 points on serve (27-14). On the losing side, Soon-Woo conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
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1h:33
After this contest, the head to head between Korda and Kwon is 1-0 for Sebastian.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Soon-Woo Kwon Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Korda will play Paul in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Korda and Tommy Paul since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Delray Beach
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- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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