Sebastian Korda aces Arthur Rinderknech 7-6(2) 6-3 in the semifinal in Gijon on Saturday. Korda will fight against Andrey Rublev in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes.
The American added to his prize money € 22,375 after conquering this match. He has won already € 54,300 after this win. If he wins the next match, Korda will add € 38,790 to his earnings to get in total € 93,090 in total.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Arthur Rinderknech Gijon Open – Gijon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 79 points vs. the French player’s 61.
Korda
Sebastian served very well to win 83% of the points (34/41) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (20/29) on his second serve. Korda won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Rinderknech
On the other side, Rinderknech wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Korda and Rinderknech is 2-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Korda will take on Rublev in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Korda and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Korda had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
The American won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
Sebastian won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Sebastian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Arthur was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 91 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Arthur (49-42). The American lost 13 points on serve (35-13). On the losing side, Arthur conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Sebastian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Korda converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A). On the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The American won 11 more points than Arthur (31-20). Korda was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, the French player conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Tennis Scores in Gijon
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-62 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-0) – H2H details and stats