
Christopher O Connell topples Flavio Cobolli 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Munich on Friday. O Connell will play against Holger Rune in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes.
Highlights Christopher O Connell vs. Flavio Cobolli BMW Open – Munich
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, O Connell scored 103 points vs. the Italian’s 102.
O Connell
The Australian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Cobolli
On the other side, the Italian was struggling when converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between O Connell and Cobolli is 1-0 for Christopher.
Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Holger Rune – stats
O Connell will fight against Rune in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Holger Rune since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Christopher broke back in the 7th (3-4) game to conquer the set 7-6.
O Connell converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Flavio converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 14th game (5-7 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 95 points. The contest during this set was so even that O Connell won only 1 point more than Cobolli (48-47). O Connell dropped 24 points on serve (35-24). on the other side of the court, Cobolli conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).
The Italian won the set after he broke the Australian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. The Australian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, Flavio kept the focus to win the set 6-4.
Flavio failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Italian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Flavio was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Australian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 64 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Australian (34-30). The Italian lost 16 points on serve (20-16). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
The Australian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Flavio wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 46 points. Christopher was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the Italian (25-21). O Connell conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
Tennis Scores in Munich
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Flavio CobolliCobolli (7-65 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Cristian GarinGarin (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Marcos GironGiron (7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H details and stats





