Constant Lestienne tops Brandon Holt 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in San Diego on Monday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes.
The French player added to his prize money $ 4,175 after winning this match. He has won already $ 10,740 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add $ 7,755 to his earnings to get in total $ 18,495 in total.
Highlights Constant Lestienne vs. Brandon Holt San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Constant scored 114 points vs. the American’s 110.
Lestienne
Constant won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Holt
On the other side, Brandon was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Lestienne and Holt is 1-0 for Constant.
Live score progression and stats
Holt won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Brandon broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Holt was spot on in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the French player was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 81 points. Holt was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the French player (43-38). The American conceded 16 points on serve (27-16). In addition, on the other side, Constant conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
The French player won the set after he broke Brandon in the 5th (3-2) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, the French player didn’t make any concession anymore to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
Constant won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They contested 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 2 points more than Holt (44-42). Constant dropped 18 points on serve (32-18). In addition, on the other side, Brandon conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).
Lestienne got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Brandon Holt in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Lestienne to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Constant converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Holt wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 56 points. Lestienne was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Holt (33-23). Lestienne conceded 9 points on serve (23-9). on the other side of the court, Brandon conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
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