Ugo Humbert outlasts Tallon Griekspoor 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Montpellier on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The French player added to his prize money € 2,700 after winning this match. He has won already € 8,200 after this win. If he wins the next match, Humbert will add € 3,800 to his earnings to get in total € 12,000 in total.
Humbert was pleased about the result also because he saved 3 match poinss when he was 6-7 3-5 down. He commented:
“I thought about the match with Kyrgios where I had two match points. I told myself, ‘You can do it.’ I am super happy for that.”
Highlights Ugo Humbert vs. Tallon Griekspoor Open Sud de France – Montpellier
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ugo scored 127 points vs. Griekspoor’s 120.
Humbert
Humbert served very well to win 83% of the points (54/65) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (31/48) on his second serve. Ugo blasted 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Ugo won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 11% (1/9) of the procured opportunities.
Griekspoor
On the other side, Tallon didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Humbert and Griekspoor is 1-0 for Ugo.
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, the Dutch won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Tallon won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Humbert won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Griekspoor wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Humbert was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 83 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Dutch won just 1 point more than Ugo (42-41). Tallon lost 10 points on serve (29-10). on the other side of the court, Humbert conceded 13 points on serve (31-13).
The French player clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Ugo broke back in the 9th (4-5) game to win the set 7-6. Humbert saved 3 match points when he was 3-5 down to win a decisive break.
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the French player grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (7-6).
Ugo wasted a good opportunity to break Griekspoor in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Humbert won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 7th (4-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Griekspoor won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-c
They contested 76 points. The French player conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Griekspoor (41-35). Humbert surrendered 5 points on serve (28-5). on the other side of the net, the Dutch conceded 13 points on serve (30-13).
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