Roberto Carballes Baena surprises Daniel Evans 2-6 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Marrakech on Saturday. Carballes Baena will clash against Alexandre Muller in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the semifinal in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.
Roberto added to his prize money € 20,585 after conquering this match. He has already won € 49,940 after this win. If he wins the next match, Roberto will add € 35,665 to his earnings to get in total € 85,605 in total.
Highlights Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniel Evans Grand Prix Hassan II – Marrakech
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 88 points vs. the Brit’s 84.
Carballes Baena
Carballes Baena won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Evans
On the other side, Evans was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Carballes Baena and Evans is 1-0 for Roberto.
Draw and next match H2H: Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexandre Muller – stats
Carballes Baena will compete against Muller in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Alexandre Muller play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Carballes Baena (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Carballes Baena didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniel Evans in the 1st game (1-0). However, Evans refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Roberto 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Evans failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Roberto was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Brit was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). Also, on the other side, Roberto was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 64 points. Daniel conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Spaniard (38-26). The Brit lost 16 points on serve (23-16). on the other side of the net, Carballes Baena conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Roberto clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Daniel was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Roberto converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Evans was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 64 points. The Spaniard won 12 more points than the Brit (38-26). Roberto surrendered 7 points on serve (21-7). On the losing side, the Brit conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Carballes Baena had a racing start in this set after breaking Daniel Evans in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key for Carballes Baena to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Roberto was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, the Brit wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They contested 44 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Daniel (24-20). Roberto dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). On the other side, the Brit conceded 7 points on serve (12-7).
Tennis Scores in Marrakech
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel EvansEvans (2-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Pavel KotovKotov (7-63 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-1) – H2H details and stats