Arthur Rinderknech shocks Pablo Carreno-Busta 4-6 6-3 7-6(16) in the quarter in Gijon on Friday. Rinderknech will fight against Sebastian Korda in the semifinal. The epic lasted 3 hours and 4 minutes.
Rinderknech added to his prize money € 13,430 after winning this match. He has won already € 31,925 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 22,375 to his earnings to get in total € 54,300.
Highlights Arthur Rinderknech vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta Gijon Open – Gijon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Arthur won this match even if he conquered less points than the Spaniard (106 vs. 111).
Rinderknech
The French player fired 14 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Rinderknech won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Carreno-Busta
On the other side, the Spaniard had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rinderknech and Carreno-Busta is 1-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Rinderknech vs. Sebastian Korda – stats
Rinderknech will face Korda in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Sebastian Korda fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Pablo snatched in the 7th game (4-3) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Carreno-Busta was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Carreno-Busta didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 62 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than the French player (38-24). Pablo was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).
Rinderknech started the set in the best possible way after breaking Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for Arthur to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
The French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Arthur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Spaniard (29-23). Arthur dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Rinderknech conquered in the 13th game (7-6().
Tiebreak
Rinderknech won 7 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 12th (6-6), 20th (10-10), 21st (11-10), 25th (13-12), 28th (14-14) and 34th (18-16) point. On the other side, Carreno-Busta won 7 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 10th (6-4), 19th (10-9), 22nd (11-11), 26th (13-13), 27th (14-13) and 32nd (16-16) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 9-10, 10-10, 11-10, 11-11, 12-11, 12-12, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14, 14-14, 16-16, 17-16, 18-16
The French player lost 15 points on serve (36-15). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 17 points on serve (33-17).
Tennis Scores in Gijon
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tommy PaulPaul (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-6 6-3 7-616) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Andy MurrayMurray (6-4 1-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Dominic ThiemThiem (3-2) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats