Vit Kopriva destroys Johan Nikles 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Gstaad on Monday after playing a terrific match to deal with Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes.
The Czech added to his prize money € 3,585 after winning this match. He has won already € 9,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Vit will add € 5,000 to his earnings to get in total € 14,000 in total.
Highlights Vit Kopriva vs. Johan Nikles Swiss Open – Gstaad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 61 points vs. the Swiss’s 37.
Kopriva
Vit won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Nikles
On the other side, The Swiss was remarkable in converting the only break point that he converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Kopriva and Nikles is 1-0 for Vit.
Draw and next match H2H: Vit Kopriva vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Kopriva will compete against Shapovalov in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Vit Kopriva and Denis Shapovalov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Shapovalov had a favorable start in this set after breaking Johan Nikles in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Kopriva found the way to come back to break Nikles 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
A crucial moment of this set was when the Czech won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
They contested 48 points. Kopriva conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Nikles (32-16). Vit conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the court, the Swiss conceded 17 points on serve (9-17).
Kopriva had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Johan Nikles in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Czech managed to boost his lead after breaking Johan in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Kopriva won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
They played 50 points. Vit was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than the Swiss (31-19). Kopriva was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Johan conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Tennis Scores in Gstaad
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Johan NiklesNikles (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 4-6 6-5 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Sandro EhratEhrat (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Oscar OtteOtte (7-63 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Laslo DjereDjere – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Christian GarinGarin (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mikael YmerYmer – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hugo GastonGaston – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Kacper ZukZuk – Dennis NovakNovak (1-0) – H2H details and stats