Pavel Kotov surprises Benjamin Bonzi 6-0 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Marrakech on Thursday. Kotov will have to play Christopher O Connell in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Kotov added to his prize money € 7,130 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,010 after this win. If he wins the next match, Pavel will add € 12,345 to his earnings to get in total € 29,355 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Pavel scored 64 points vs. Benjamin’s 42.
Kotov
The Russian served pretty well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. Kotov was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).
Bonzi
On the other side, the French player was remarkable in converting all his break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Kotov and Bonzi is 3-2 for Pavel.
Draw and next match H2H: Pavel Kotov vs. Christopher O Connell – stats
Kotov will play O Connell in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Pavel Kotov and Christopher O Connell play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely one-sided since the Russian conceded no games to Benjamin before winning the set 6-0.
Pavel converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Benjamin (26-12). Pavel was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, Benjamin conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Kotov came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Benjamin Bonzi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Russian found the way to come back to break Bonzi in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.
Kotov failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Kotov won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the game count from 2-5 to 6-5.
Tiebreak
Kotov won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 9th (7-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
Kotov converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 9th (3-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Benjamin was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40).
They contested 68 points. Kotov was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Bonzi (37-31). Pavel conceded 13 points on serve (22-13). on the other side of the court, Bonzi conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Tennis Scores in Marrakech
- Pavel KotovKotov – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-0 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-78 6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Elias YmerYmer (1-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-74 7-66 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H details and stats